Dimaline, along with Waubgeshig Rice, Rebecca Roanhorse, Darcie Little Badger and Stephen Graham Jones, who has been called “the Jordan Peele of horror literature,” are some of…… Read more “‘We’ve Already Survived an Apocalypse’: Indigenous Writers Are Changing Sci-Fi – The New York Times”
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Knocking at the gates by Clayton Trutor | The New Criterion
In 410 ad, Alaric I, King of the Visigoths, breached Rome’s walls, likely with the aid of collaborators, and led an army of thousands into the city.…… Read more “Knocking at the gates by Clayton Trutor | The New Criterion”
Geopolitics of Ancient Mesopotamia: 1. Origins
Between the two great rivers of the Middle eastern Bridgeland of the Afro-Eurasian world – there was in antiquity a great civilisation. the oldest and longest lasting…… Read more “Geopolitics of Ancient Mesopotamia: 1. Origins”
Book Review: To Rule the Waves by Arthur Herman
Book review of Arthur Herman’s To Rule the Waves, a narrative history of the rise of British Naval Power from the 15th to the 20th Century. To…… Read more “Book Review: To Rule the Waves by Arthur Herman”
The Best Books on The Middle Ages | Five Books Expert Recommendations
Oxford medieval historian Hannah Skoda chooses her top five books on the Middle Ages, explaining why she finds the whole idea of their ‘middleness’ problematic and how…… Read more “The Best Books on The Middle Ages | Five Books Expert Recommendations”
Book Marks reviews of The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes by Zachary D Carter
Carter unearths the lost legacy of one of history’s most fascinating minds. The Price of Peace revives a forgotten set of ideas about democracy, money, and the…… Read more “Book Marks reviews of The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes by Zachary D Carter”
The Best History Books of 2020 | Five Books Expert Recommendations
If you’re looking for the best history books published this past year, the annual Wolfson History Prize is a great place to start. Each year, the judges…… Read more “The Best History Books of 2020 | Five Books Expert Recommendations”
‘Signatures: Literary Encounters of a Lifetime’ Book Review | National Review
David Pryce-Jones’s Signatures is a masterpiece… The premise is brilliantly simple. The author, a familiar presence to NR readers, selects 90 books from his considerable library, each…… Read more “‘Signatures: Literary Encounters of a Lifetime’ Book Review | National Review”
The Best Historical Fiction: the 2020 Walter Scott Prize Shortlist
The best historical novels: Katharine Grant, chair of the judges for the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction, talks us through the 2020 shortlist. — Read on…… Read more “The Best Historical Fiction: the 2020 Walter Scott Prize Shortlist”
Woody Allen, the Pseudo-Intellectual, a Review of His Autobiography by Commentary
But Woody Allen heatedly denies being an intellectual of any kind: “I have no insights, no lofty thoughts, no understanding of most poems that do not begin,…… Read more “Woody Allen, the Pseudo-Intellectual, a Review of His Autobiography by Commentary”