Week beginning 1 February 2023

The book I review this week is, in my opinion, somewhat of a throwback to a different age. Of course, the attitudes of the time were of a different age, but their perpetuation in the 2020s is an interesting phenomenon. To be fair, the title is modern – no ‘air hostesses’ here! Despite this proviso,Continue reading “Week beginning 1 February 2023”

Week beginning 28 September 2022

This week I review Paul Kendall’s Queen Elizabeth I Life and Legacy of the Virgin Queen which fits nicely into thinking about the article by Jenny Hyde on the way in which news about the death of Queen Elizabeth 1 compares with news coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth 11. Paul Kendall Queen ElizabethContinue reading “Week beginning 28 September 2022”

Week beginning 23 February 2022

Clare Chambers The Editor’s Wife Arrow Books, Penguin Random House 2021. The Editor’s Wife is a complex novel, with some seemingly simple elements that add to the storyline so successfully that it is not until later that their wider impact becomes clear. Contrary to the title, which foreshadows one woman as the focal point, anotherContinue reading “Week beginning 23 February 2022”