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Tag: books
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Reading about railways
Trains cause frustrations at times but where would we be without them?... read more
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Dunkirk on film and in print
Have you seen Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and now want to explore the history in more depth?... read more
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Something about Jane
With the bicentenary of Austen’s death, we look at Austen-related books in our shop...... read more
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Food for thought: eating with Queen Victoria and Mrs Beeton
'Human lives are marked out in meals,' observes food historian Annie Gray…... read more
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The hocus pocus of witchcraft
Discover five books focused on the history of withcraft and magic, and the figure of the witch…... read more
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Lives on the ocean waves
This month I thought we might impart a nautical flavour to our reading recommendations…... read more
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Sharing your family stories
I want to highlight some of the titles where writers choose a public forum for their private family secrets to great and very readable effect…... read more
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Richard III: a right royal revelation
To think that what lies beneath us holds answers to historical mysteries is exciting, but to find a king in a car park was miraculous…... read more
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Was the early 19th century ‘Taboo’?
BBC One’s new period drama Taboo, set in 1814, is a far cry from any Austen novel…... read more
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Words of love: Valentine’s Day gifts
As the romantics among you will have noticed it will soon be Valentine’s Day…... read more
