Books for Toddlers
Posted 26th February 2021
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Based on my own experience with a small child, here is my “top ten” list of good books to read to children under the age of three.
Book review: ‘China: A History’
Posted 21st August 2020
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Gaining some insight into one of the the world’s oldest civilisations via John Keay’s comprehensive history.
Kerry O’Brien’s Keating
Posted 22nd January 2020
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A review of Kerry O’Brien’s interview-style biography of former Australian prime minister Paul Keating.
Book Review: A History of the Crusades
Posted 5th July 2018
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There is surely no greater folly committed by Western Europe than the Crusades of the twelfth century; a toxic mix of economic expansionism and religious zealotry.
Book review: Byzantium
Posted 20th March 2018
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Judith Herrin’s Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire takes the reader on an exciting journey through the eastern half of the Roman Empire.