Week beginning 14 October, 2026

A. J. Bauer Making the Liberal Media How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press  Columbia University Press, March 2026. Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is a dense read, demonstrating accomplished insights based on a wealth of research. At first glance it appears to be an essentiallyContinue reading “Week beginning 14 October, 2026”

Week beginning 23 September 2026

Karen Brooks The Good Wife of Bath: A (Mostly) True Story HQ Fiction, Australia, 2021.* Thank you to NetGalley for this uncorrected proof copy for review. Karen Brooks says that she found Chaucer’s Wife irresistible, and this shines through the novel she has written from the Good Wife of Bath’s perspective. Like Chaucer’s depiction ofContinue reading “Week beginning 23 September 2026”