Book Reviews

Paul Clements paints a sparkling, multi-faceted portrait of treasured journalist, historian and essayist Jan Morris, and her illustrious 73 year…

Dan Cruickshank looks back to Soho’s glory days as an exotic, seedy urban village and how it’s now been regenerated…

Part memoir, part manifesto, part poetry and entirely beautiful, Julian Aguon explores the climate crisis with a focus on Guam,…

Alex Bescoby chronicles the return leg of the mythical First Overland, with breathless gung-ho adventure and frequently moving personal context…

Guy Shrubsole’s enchanting and insightful new book shows Britain was once a land of rainforests and charts his interest and…

John Keay’s latest book, Himālaya, focuses on the most important mountain range in the world and its heart, Tibet John…

Simon Sebag Montefiore offers a rich, diverse, history of the world, told through intimate stories of some of the most…

Books about our fascinating world that would make great Christmas presents for your friends and family this year A round-up…

Alison Bashford narrates the fascinating story of 200 years of modern science and culture through the Huxley family history It…

Philippe Sands tells a timely story of Britain’s colonial history with Mauritius, the four-decade legal battle to end colonial rule…

Journalist and former lawyer Millie Kerr explores the beauty and challenge of rewilding in this compelling and occasionally personal book…

Michael Palin takes an insightful journey, with hints of a Monty Python sketch, through the much-misunderstood country Many people’s abiding…