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Travel
Why pirates never walk the plank: Truth is more gruesome than fiction in the golden age of piracy
Why pirates never walk the plank: Truth is more gruesome than fiction in the golden age of piracy Rebecca Simon…
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UK
Shin-kicking and stoolball: the lethal world of British ‘folk sports’
In this cracking book, Harry Pearson travels Britain taking notes on peculiar local sports, some of which sound as though…
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UK
Why were the Bee Gees – and their songs – so bizarre?
Are the Bee Gees underrated? Such is the premise of Bob Stanley’s loving biography of the brothers Gibb. I’m not…
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My 10-year family trip from hell
BOOK OF THE WEEK WAVEWALKER: BREAKING FREE by Suzanne Heywood (William Collins £20, 416pp) When seven-year-old Suzanne Heywood (nee Cook)…
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Politics
How An Unknown Book Went Viral And Ended Up On Amazon’s Bestseller List – In Less Than 24 Hours
Book lovers everywhere know the power the internet and social media have when trying to promote a book – it’s…
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Politics
The Queen Of Romance Novels Has A New Bridgerton Book
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, a prequel to and spinoff of the über-popular Bridgerton Netflix series and books, premiered on…
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New book reveals the rulers of Rome tended to meet exceedingly sticky ends
HISTORY Palatine: An Alternative History Of The Caesars by Peter Stothard (W&N £22, 336pp) The eighth emperor of Rome, Aulus…
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Alice in Wonderland creator Lewis Carroll’s photos he took of young girl found in house clearance
A set of never-before-seen images taken by Alice in Wonderland creator Lewis Carroll have been uncovered in a safe during…
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Politics
This Memoir Shows How To Find Beauty In Divorce
Maggie Smith, an award-winning poet whose previous book “Keep Moving” kept so many of us going during the pandemic and…
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Politics
Should We Be Buying Books On BookTok? Here’s What Authors And Experts Think.
TikTok shop is not a safe place – not because the items on TikTok shop aren’t worth buying, they are.…
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