A three volume history of the wars, politics and intrigues of the Byzantine Empire.

A breezy narrative covering a lot of history but not in much depth.

I was born in 1960 and so was 17 when Richard Hell and the Voidoids released ‘Blank Generation’. The title of this post is a play on the title of the song. It wasn’t a huge hit when it first came out and it hasn’t particularly stood the test of time, so I imagine you’d

It’s high time the Brits showed a bit of class and sent the Elgin marbles back to where they came from.

Lessons in Chemistry is a well-paced and light-hearted book which is well worth a read.

A fictional account of the Dutch East India Company gives an insight into what it must’ve been like to work for them.