The plaque dedicated to the Devon Witches is placed on the wall of the castle in the Rougemont Gardens, Exeter. Unfortunately, the plaque has been partially obscured by a fencing around buildings associated with work taking place at the gardens. When I saw the plaque (taking the photo required scrambling around a large truck andContinue reading “Week beginning 26 October 2023”
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Week beginning 5 October 2022
The reviews this week are Claire McGowan’s I Know You and the non-fiction, Michael Greaney’s An A-Z of Jane Austen. Thank you, NetGalley for these uncorrected advance proofs for review. Claire McGowan I Know You Thomas & Mercer, Seattle, 2021 I Know You has a large amount of wonderfully poignant material, a little bit ofContinue reading “Week beginning 5 October 2022”
Week beginning 11 May 2022
The review this week is from a book I am so pleased to have purchased. Difficult Women A History of Feminism in 11 Fights, by Helen Lewis is an excellent discussion of feminism, feminist issues, and those that we refer to in feminist histories (as well as those that sometimes are deliberately omitted). The blurbContinue reading “Week beginning 11 May 2022”
Week beginning 6 April 2022
This week, the review of a book about spinsterhood in which it is claimed that there are few positive images of spinsters in fiction, moved me to write about the spinsters that are an important part of Barbara Pym’s fiction. Pym gave a positive, often comic, and sometimes trenchant, voice to the spinsters in herContinue reading “Week beginning 6 April 2022”
Week beginning 23 March 2022
Two non-fiction books are reviewed this week. One, Alison Ripley Cubitt’s Misadventures in the Screen Trade was an easy read. The other, When Hope and History Rhyme Natural Law and Human Rights from Ancient Greece to Modern America by Douglas Burgess was not so easy, but introduced such a wealth of ideas and engrossing analysisContinue reading “Week beginning 23 March 2022”
Week beginning 16 March 2022
The books reviewed this week are both fiction. They were sent to me by NetGalley for review. Lisa Unger’s Last Girl Ghosted and the inspiring story of the women’s march to Washington by thousands of women after the election of former President Trump have feminist themes. On the March by Trudy Krisher is a particularlyContinue reading “Week beginning 16 March 2022”
Week beginning 9th March 2022
NetGalley provided me with the uncorrected proof of Lisa Z. Lindahl’s Unleash the Girls The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra and How It Changed the World (And Me) in exchange for an honest review. Lisa Z. Lindahl Unleash the Girls The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra andContinue reading “Week beginning 9th March 2022”
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