Murders for late October

The best autumnal reads. Item for The Critic.

Siege Warfare

Professor Jeremy Black talks with Graham Stewart about the defence and capture of walled cities and castles. Podcast for The Critic.

Murders for end September

Four mysteries, three successes, two surprises and one flop, for The Critic.

Review of Philip Parker

Review of History of World Trade in Maps by Philip Parker Collins for The Cartographic Journal

Warfare in the classical world

Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the nature of warfare in Ancient Greece and Rome. Podcast for The Critic

History Matters Project

History Matters Project Compendium 10th Edition, edited by Alexander Gray

England in the Age of Dickens

5-star review by Allegria on the Good Reads website:

“Jeremy Black’s book on Charles Dickens presents a comprehensive record of events in Victorian England and beyond during his lifetime with many pages of fascinating facts and photographs, capturing the essence of Dickens. I could not put book down until finished and was a very welcome gift.”

Read the review on the Good Reads website

Clash of empires

Was Yorktown really a triumph more significant than Nelson’s at Trafalgar? Item for The Critic.

Problems with the universities

Number 1241: ‘The Senior Management Group’. Debt-ridden universities are demonstrating consistently poor prioritisation in decision-making. Item for The Critic.

007’s licence to thrill is renewed

‘No Time to Die’ suggests that Daniel Craig’s James Bond will be a hard act to follow. Review of the film for The Critic.