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The Gayer Anderson Cat by Neal Spencer is part of the British Museum’s Objects in Focus series. So far, I’m enjoying the series immensely. There’s something very satisfying about a…
I have been a bit sporadic with posting to this blog for a while, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been reading. What I have now is a backlog. An…
I’ve read quite a few of Alison Weir’s historical biographies and am a big fan of her writing. Elizabeth the Queen has been on the shelf for a long time.…
The Sutton Hoo Helmet is the second of the British Museum Objects in Focus series that I’ve read. There’s seven of them in the series so far. It is an…
The British Museum has a series of small books focusing on a single object. One of these is on my absolute favourite object in the museum, the Queen of the…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. Let’s just say 2017 was a challenging year and leave it at that. I’m starting with Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall,…
The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future by Victor Cha Published by Vintage in 2013 The Impossible State is an examination of North Korea and whether it will ever…
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire Published by Random House in 2003 I went to Rwanda last year on a…
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari Published 2011 Sapiens: A brief history of humankind is a very interesting book that challenges a lot of received wisdom about humans – what we…
This is another one of those books that wasn’t what I thought it was. I’ve had it on my shelf for a while. I thought it was an archaeology book…
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