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In hindsight it is strange to read a John le Carré novel where George Smiley is taken out of the espionage circles he normally inhabits and ...

Various reviewers have described  The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet  as a "joy" or "delightful". It is certainly ente...

Toussaint Louverture remains an inspirational figure to those who want to challenge oppression and exploitation. Perhaps only Che Guevara is...

Its been quite a long time since I've read a novel quite this weird. And I mean weird in a good way.   Crime fiction about serial kille...

This lively account of the history of British agricultural trade unionism is written by one the UK left's most interesting characters. R...

Fred Archer was a celebrated author and farmer who documented the lives of the people of the small village of Ashton in the Vale of Evesham....

The poet John Clare (1793-1864) was a remarkable figure. Coming from a poor labouring family in Northamptonshire where, despite his families...

The first two books of the Dark Materials trilogy are great novels. But really they simply are setting the scene for the brilliant climax th...

There is no polite way to say this, but Ragnar Jónasson's novel is terrible. It is badly written, has a contrived plot and a jumble of i...

I've already reviewed Dave Sherry's new book on the Russian Revolution for Socialist Worker , and I hope you'll read that in con...

This new collection of essays from one of the world's leading Marxist environmentalists is an important contribution to discussions abou...

The way that humans have understood and related to the universe around them has varied dramatically throughout history. One aspect to this, ...

The Subtle Knife is where Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy moves from a slightly foreboding children's fantasy to a truly d...

The life of Joseph Arch, agricultural labourer, Methodist preacher, trade union leader and liberal MP, is a fascinating one that Pamela Ho...

This fascinating account of North America in the mid 19th century is a description of Francis Parkman's expedition into lands remote fro...

Joyce Marlow's history of The Tolpuddle Martyrs is a classic of its period. It tells the story of the Martyrs well, allowing for occasi...

Ahead of Philip Pullman releasing the companion books to the His Dark Materials trilogy I've been re-reading the original novels, ones ...

I found The Shock of the Anthropocene  a very interesting book that has a lot to say about the multiple environmental crises that we are cur...

This short and readable account of the Tolpuddle Martyrs focuses on the life of the key figure in their struggle, George Loveless. Loveless ...

Bloody terrible. This novel is intended as a tribute to Arthur C. Clarke, extending his classic tale A Meeting With Medusa . But it combines...