HISTORICAL By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 13 May 2021 CIRCUS OF WONDERS by Elizabeth Macneal (Picador £14.99, 384 pp) CIRCUS OF WONDERS by Elizabeth Macneal (Picador £14.99, 384 pp) Elizabeth Macneal’s wonderful second novel glitters and gleams with the grimy glories of a … Read more
Second World War historian Sir Antony Beevor warns modern values shouldn’t be used to judge historical figures like Sir Winston Churchill Sir Anthony Beevor warns not to use modern values to judge historical figures He said that context was key when analysing the past and casting judgements He has sold more than eight million copies … Read more
Second World War historian Sir Antony Beevor warns modern values shouldn’t be used to judge historical figures like Sir Winston Churchill Sir Anthony Beevor warns not to use modern values to judge historical figures He said that context was key when analysing the past and casting judgements He has sold more than eight million copies … Read more
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HISTORICAL By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 23:04 BST, 8 April 2021 THE DREAM WEAVERS By Barbara Erskine (HarperCollins £14.99, 512 pp) THE DREAM WEAVERS By Barbara Erskine (HarperCollins £14.99, 512 pp) Sequestered away in a secluded cottage on the Welsh/English border, Simon Armstrong is attempting … Read more
HISTORICAL By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 4 March 2021 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 4 March 2021 THE MANNINGTREE WITCHES by A K Blakemore (Granta £12.99, 304 pp) THE MANNINGTREE WITCHES by A K Blakemore (Granta £12.99, 304 pp) Poet A K Blakemore’s visceral debut glimmers with darkness and glints with … Read more
Primary school headteacher replaces Houses named for ‘oppressive’ figures such as Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Nelson with Greta Thunberg and Marcus Rashford after ONE ex-pupil complained Howden Junior School, in East Yorkshire, announced four new names this week Lord Nelson, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake will not be used as names Pupils … Read more
Primary school headteacher replaces Houses named for ‘oppressive’ figures such as Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Nelson with Greta Thunberg and Marcus Rashford after ONE ex-pupil complained Howden Junior School, in East Yorkshire, announced four new names this week Lord Nelson, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake will not be used as names Pupils … Read more
HISTORICAL By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 21:59 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 21:59 GMT, 11 February 2021 A NET FOR SMALL FISHES by Lucy Jago (Bloomsbury £16.99, 352 pp) A NET FOR SMALL FISHES by Lucy Jago (Bloomsbury £16.99, 352 pp) It’s January 1609, and Mistress Anne Turner, a bold, daringly … Read more
HISTORICAL By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 21 January 2021 CROW COURT by Andy Charman (Unbound £14.99, 336 pp) CROW COURT by Andy Charman (Unbound £14.99, 336 pp) A suicide and a murder disrupt the seemingly unruffled calm of a small, thriving Devonshire village … Read more