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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…
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.…
Could have been better, but was a lot of fun.
Highlights of what I read in 2024 because I didn’t get around to blogging about it.
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 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…
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 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 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…
I’ve never paid much attention to the Lewis Chessmen, despite their prominence in British Museum gift shops. However, one of my reading quests is to read all the books in…
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