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Richard Holmes' eclectic and slightly random history of the early days of ballooning is one of those books that is read for enjoyment ...

Published just after the European Games took place in Baku in 2015, this little book is a enormous indictment of the Azerbaijan regime, BP...

In my review of Geoffrey Moorhouse' book The Pilgrimage of Grace  I sketched out the rough history  of the Lincolnshire Rebellion and th...

This review of Fighting on all Fronts was first published in Socialist Review #404, July/August 2015 Next month is the 70th anniversary...

Christopher Hill's history of the English Revolution and its aftermath The Century of Revolution  was first published in 1961. Reading i...

This book is actually a reprint of a special edition of the International Socialist Journal . Published near the 200th anniversary of the Fr...

The French Revolution was a profoundly important historical event. But just saying this can underestimate its impact. The Revolution didn...

Naomi Klein's recent book This Changes Everything has helped reignite the climate movement and radical discussion of the environment and...

This meticulous study of Henry VIII's six wives is a fascinating examination of the position and role of ruling class women in Tudor soc...

Mark Everard's new book covers a neglected topic in environmentalism. Given the importance of air to us personally, as well as wider eco...

Eamon Duffy's classic book The Voices of Morebath is an extraordinary and unique study of Tudor society undergoing dramatic transformati...

Some sort of compulsive behaviour drove me to read  Shipstar after I had denounced the first part of the two volume story. Its predecessor,...

The Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536-7 was one of the most important Tudor rebellions. It is relatively unknown, yet the tens of thousands of reb...

Intelligent Design has yet to make a significant impact on politics in the United Kingdom. But it has an acceptance in the United States w...