I attempted One Hundred Years of Solitude in my ambitious late teens, alongside Crime and Punishment, In Search of Lost Time, Don Quixote, For Whom the Bell Tolls and a few other literary classics.…

Cracow, Poland, 1491, in the 44th year of the reign of King Casimir Jagiellon. Two orphaned young men, the serious Nicolaus Copernicus and his dissolute but utterly charming elder brother, Andreas, ar...

Safe Zone concludes Terry Tyler’s SFV-1 post-apocalyptic series about a world devastated by a monkey rage virus against which humanity finds itself entirely defenceless. In this fourth instalment, …

Come, Tell Me How You Live by Agatha Christie (as Agatha Christie Mallowan). Published 27th August 2015 by Harper Collins. Audio Book narr...

It's July already and in the northern hemisphere that means that Summer is usually well into its stride, we've passed the Summer Solstice ...

Using computational analysis to solve a 15th-century mystery: Did scribes silence Margaret Paston's true voice?

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Shootings by Israeli forces raise death toll of such incidents in Gaza in last two weeks to more than 500 At least 40 Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza have died in new shootings by Israeli forces, local medics and officials said, raising the total killed in the last two weeks in such incidents in the devastated territory to more than 500. Though the fragile ceasefire declared between Israel and Iran has boosted hopes in Gaza that the 20-month-long war there might end soon, there were further Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday and reports of at least two incidents involving Israeli troops opening fire on civilians seeking humanitarian assistance. Continue reading...

I'm always very pleased to welcome Helen Hollick to my writing blog. Known for her captivating storytelling and rich attention to historical detail, her historical fiction, nautical adventure series, ...

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Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Alien Clay” may be a work of science fiction set in the distant future, but it couldn’t be more topical today. Eons from now, the human world is ruled by the Mandate, an autoc…

As a follow-up to my last post about the GPS test, I'll emphasise several things. This is in order to avoid misunderstanding. 1. My sole foc...

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Have you ever planted a bush to say goodbye? In this conversation with Mary L. Schmidt, discover how grief, memory, and a real pet named Shadow grew into something families can cherish.

Podcast Episode · History Extra podcast · 24/05/2025 · 35m