Reviewed by Angela Marie “He knew that they weren’t all cruel people. It was the drink and the fact that they were anonymous, part of the gang, changed by the flickering light into one monstrous, shouting whole.” Welcome to Deltaness, a small Shetland community seemingly devoid of purpose, aside from the routines of work and

Reviewed by Clare Brook Dinosaur Roar! It has been twenty-five years since the first publication of Dinosaur Roar!  This large (28 cm x 25 cm) children’s book has been in print every year since 1994, so, unsurprisingly, is now hailed as a modern classic. In this celebratory edition the original artwork has been re-scanned, vibrant

Reviewed by Antonella Townsend No other building marries scale, convenience, usefulness, affordability and charm, in quite the same way as this humble little outbuilding. In the early twentieth century Virginia Woolf popularized the idea that every women should have a room of her own, now it seems the idea has taken off – with style!  

Reviewed by Ian Lipke Making up my mind just where to begin an analysis of this book was a challenge. It is the first book in a new series, it has a setting that reeks privilege with school characters who have long lost touch with the ordinary man in the street, it has an obnoxious

  Reviewed by Angela Marie      “I love this city. Built upon the ruins of the past, every square foot of it has been used, re-used, flattened, bombed, dismantled, rebuilt and flattened again until the layers of history are like sediments of rock that one day will be picked over by future archaeologists and

Reviewed by Wendy Lipke The Review section of The Times in September 2018 had the heading: Review: A Keeper by Graham Norton — a celebrity who can actually write. So who is this celebrity and why this statement? Graham Norton (born Graham William Walker) is a well-known Irish television and radio presenter, comedian and actor

Reviewed by Rod McLary It is now almost 231 years since the First Fleet sailed into what is now known as Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1788 to claim the east coast of New Holland for Great Britain – and to establish a penal colony to take the overflow from the British penal system. The

Reviewed by Ian Lipke The editors of this book have generated a hard cover, handsome publication of 200-odd pages that is fit to grace the shelves of prince or pauper. It sports a dust cover featuring Christina’s likeness while the text in five chapters appears on very high quality paper supported by lush coloured photographs,

Reviewed by Wendy Lipke Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society is a hard covered book approximately 25 x 29cm in size and 3 cm thick. It weighs around 2.35kg, designating it to become a coffee table book, and is encased in a paper jacket which contains a brief history of Kensington Palace which is renowned

Reviewed by Wendy Lipke The book Smoky the Brave is another biography about war dogs, by Damien Lewis a British author and film maker who spent over twenty years reporting from conflict zones throughout the world. He has produced about twenty films and more than fifteen books which are now read worldwide. He became an

Reviewed by Clare Brook Since the early twentieth century self-help books for adults have been busy steering millions of people to the path of success, helping them overcome damaging experiences, to understand negative patterns of thought and behaviour.    So, at last, it is wonderful that Matthew Syed has written a book that will help children

Reviewed by Ian Lipke Even moreso than Ray Martin or Mike Walsh, Paul Hogan or Dame Edna Everidge, the name Jeanne Little is recognized worldwide. Mention her name and a certain look appears in your conversationalist’s eyes and you wait for an interpretation of Jeanne’s voice that always falls far beneath par or, perhaps there’s

Reviewed by Rod McLary Unsheltered is a story of two families who lived in the same house in the small town of Vineland in New Jersey but 145 years apart – the first in 1871 and the second in 2016.  What links the families – apart from the house – is the first family’s neighbour

Reviewed by Ian Lipke Acclaimed by The Times in 1992 on the publication of his book Early Recordings and Musical Style as a man who ‘dropped a bomb on musical orthodoxy,” Robert Philip continues to beaver away quietly in Edinburgh Scotland where he does not let his fame as an author, scholar, one-time broadcaster and lecturer