An incisive post-mortem on the state of the Victorian union, told (with a gossipy thrill) through the lives of five couples - Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh, John Ruskin and Effie Gray, Charl... read more
A whistle-stop tour, from Ivan to Putin, by one of the world's foremost Russia-watchers.
NB Publication of this book has been delayed until February 2021. Publishing schedules have been... read more
A fifteen-year-old girl has a love affair with her teacher - it was love, wasn't it? So the protagonist thinks, looking back, when allegations surface. A compelling investigation of consent ... read more
Dorothy Parker kept a pair of alligators in her bath tub; Mozart's starling inspired a concerto; Einstein told his parrot bad jokes to cheer it up. Funny, eccentric non-fiction about scienti... read more