Jerry Jamison Behind the Beehive The Triumphs and Trials of Dusty Springfield Bloomsbury Academic, October 2026.Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Jerry Jamison acknowledges the difficulties of researching this biography and in a Note from the Author at the beginning, and in an afterword, has described these, and detailedContinue reading “Week beginning July 14 2026”
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Week beginning 8 July 2026
Mai Black The Women Who Saved Shakespeare The Book Guild, May 2026. Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Mai Black describes her debut work, The Women Who Saved Shakespeare, as a novel. It has all the markings of a good novel – engaging characters; conflict, including family relationships; aContinue reading “Week beginning 8 July 2026”
Week beginning 22 May 2026
Dr Christopher Herbert Jane Austen’s Favourite Brother, Henry Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, May 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Christoher Herbert’s history employs one of the most useful strategies when dealing with a subject for whom the material is sparse. In this case, there is anContinue reading “Week beginning 22 May 2026”
Week beginning April 29 2016
Michael Ridpath Operation Berlin Boldwood Books, April 2026. Thank you, NetGalley and Boldwood Books, for this uncorrected proof for review. Having recently reread Michael Ridpath’s financial thrillers I found it difficult to change pace with this more elegant approach to murder. Operation Berlin has a certain charm, which grows as the narrative moves toward revealingContinue reading “Week beginning April 29 2016”
Week beginning 22 April 2026
Anjali Enjeti Ballot Bloomsbury Academic, February 2026. Thank you, NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Ballot makes an enlightened and enlightening contribution to the Object Lessons series. It is passionate, without being didactic, politically astute in its descriptions of voting practices and advice on how these have impactedContinue reading “Week beginning 22 April 2026”
Week beginning 15 April, 2026
Kate Stephenson The Book Lover’s Guide to Edinburgh Pen & Sword | White Owl, January 2026. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Kate Stephenson’s Guide is not only a notable practical resource, but a pleasure to read. Well designed and clearly explained walks become literary explorations asContinue reading “Week beginning 15 April, 2026”
Week beginning April 1 2026
Clare Mackintosh, The Butler, Podium Entertainment, June 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Butler sets a pace that is quite different from Clare Mackintosh’s previous novels, and I had to adapt to the pace and tone. Once having done so, I was impressed with this writer’s abilityContinue reading “Week beginning April 1 2026”
Week beginning 25 March 2026
Thomas S. Hischak Bringing Song and Dance to the ScreenDirectors of Golden Age Hollywood Musicals Bloomsbury Academic, October 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The tone, the language, the content: all lead the reader on a remarkable journey through musicals in the Golden Age ofContinue reading “Week beginning 25 March 2026”
Week beginning 4 February 2026
Stephen Wade The Women Writers’ Revolution: More than Bloomsbury The Success of Female Authors during the Interwar Years Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, January 2025. Thank you NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Although a heavier read than many Pen & Sword publications this one carriedContinue reading “Week beginning 4 February 2026”
Week beginning 28 January 2026
Craig Leddy Fast Forward The Birth of Video Streaming, Media’s Wild Child Köehler Books, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. In the 1960s I read Ernie Kovac’s TV Medium Rare. It was an amusing insight into television in its early days of male executives, beauty pageants andContinue reading “Week beginning 28 January 2026”
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