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The author of this blog is Trevor Pateman. I have purchased all the books reviewed here unless stated otherwise. My own books are cheapest at blackwells.co.uk. I can be found at academia.edu but am not on X and never used Twitter. New July 2026: www.otherpeoplesletters.com where I transcribe and introduce letters I have found outside archives, mostly written 1750-1850

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Paul Johnson Challenging Inequalities

This is not a long book,190 pages plus the usual footnote proof of due diligence, but it’s very repetitive and could be summarised in 60...

Sunday, 31 May 2026

A.G. Hopkins, The Land Where Nothing Works

I wanted this to be a good book and admired the author’s conscientious work in putting together an economic and political history of Bri...

Friday, 6 February 2026

Imaobong Umoren A New History of Britain and the Caribbean

Readers, like me, of popular and semi-popular history currently have a choice of two main genres both to be found on Waterstone tabl...

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Zeinab Badawi An African History of Africa

I bought this book because I know next to nothing of Africa’s history; I guess I am one of many such purchasers. So how can I review it? ...

Friday, 17 October 2025

Trevor Pateman, Not In The Archives: Personal Letters 1800 -1840

Updated 16 August 2026: This provides an introduction to a project which is being realised at www.otherpeoplesletters.com where I transcrib...

Saturday, 27 September 2025

Christmas in Bethlehem December 1995 When in Israel at Christmas the place to go must be Bethlehem, especially in the year when the Is...

Tuesday, 16 September 2025

Captain Warner’s Weapon of Mass Destruction: The Invisible Shell This is not a book review, but an expanded version of an article wh...

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