Book Review: A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting
Kitty Talbot needs a fortune. Or rather, she needs a husband who has a fortune. This is 1818 after all, and only men have the privilege of seeking their own riches. Continue reading Book Review: A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting
Book Review: Broadmoor Women
Broadmoor, Britain’s first asylum for criminal lunatics, was founded in 1863. In the first years of its existence, one in five patients was female. Continue reading Book Review: Broadmoor Women
Book Review: The Orphanage Girls
Ruth dares to dream of another life – far away from the horrors within the walls of Bethnal Green’s infamous orphanage. Luckily she has her friends, Amy and Ellen – but she can’t keep them safe, and the suffering is only getting worse. Surely there must be a way out? Continue reading Book Review: The Orphanage Girls
Book Review: Black Butterflies
Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city into ethnic enclaves; each morning, the residents – whether Muslim, Croat or Serb – push the makeshift barriers aside. Continue reading Book Review: Black Butterflies
Book Review: The Manager
Synopsis In the City of London, the scent of money and power lingers in the corridors of the shiny office buildings and clings to the suits of the men who work in them. Chasing that scent is the only thing that matters. But not to Katy Daly. She has spent her life working in the City, but wealth and power are things granted to other … Continue reading Book Review: The Manager
Theatre News: Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables is one of those books that has a special place in the hearts of many. This mischievous well-meaning orphan is so relatable that she’s become a heroine and friend for book lovers across the world. From Thursday 26 – Sunday 29 May 2022 London Children’s Ballet presents a brand new narrative ballet of the book. Written in 1908 by Lucy Maud … Continue reading Theatre News: Anne of Green Gables
Book Review: A Taste for Killing
Godfrey Bowyer, the best but least likeable bow maker in Worcester, dies of poisoning, though his wife Blanche survives. Continue reading Book Review: A Taste for Killing
Book Review: Misadventures in the Screen Trade
Alison Ripley Cubitt couldn’t wait to make her mark. Thrilled to score an unpaid television internship in London, she still needed to survive alone… Continue reading Book Review: Misadventures in the Screen Trade
Book Review: Arcadian Nights
Taking as his starting point many of the famous tourist sites in the Peloponnese, where the stories are set, John Spurling freshly imagines key narratives from the Greek canon. Continue reading Book Review: Arcadian Nights
Book Review: Amber
Some people will stop at nothing to get what they want, regardless of what may come. But the past is always waiting… For what they seek, is seeking them. Continue reading Book Review: Amber
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