Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

  • Wilding

    I visited Knepp Estate this summer for the second time, which motivated me to read the book I’d bought when I visited for the first time in 2025. A year…


  • The Arbonaut

    The Arbonaut is a memoir by Meg Lowman, a pioneer in ecology who developed techniques for reaching and studying forest canopies. Meg covers her life as a scientist and the…


  • That One Patient

    This year I decided to get a book subscription box. I mean, I don’t lack ways to buy news books but I do like getting a treat in the post.…


  • Yellowface

    Could have been better, but was a lot of fun.


  • 2024 reading round up

    Highlights of what I read in 2024 because I didn’t get around to blogging about it.


  • Infomocracy

    Periodically, I make an effort to diversify my fiction reading. It’s easy to slip into just reading authors I know, especially those that are quite prolific. My fiction reading has…


  • The Mildenhall Treasure

    The Mildenhall Treasure is a collection of thirty-four silver objects found in a field in Suffolk in the 1940’s. This Object in Focus book by Richard Hobbs tells the story…


  • Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece

    One of the current exhibitions at the British Museum is Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece and as always, there is an exhibition catalogue which is written by James Fraser,…


  • Pagan Britain

    Pagan Britain by Ronald Hutton is an examination of what archaeological evidence can tell us about the spiritual beliefs of prehistoric peoples in Britain. A good 50% of the book…


  • Children of Time

    Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is the first in a space opera trilogy. One civilization of humanity has extended out into the universe to find other planets that maybe…


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