Contributors
more- Paul Addison
- Carole Angier
- Charlotte Appleyard
- Elspeth Barker
- Philip Davis
- Rasheed El-Enany
- Suzi Feay
- John Gray
- Stephen Halliday
- Claire Harman
- Christopher Hart
- Hugh Haughton
- Simon Heffer
- Beau Hopkins
- Paul Johnson
- Peter Jones
- P J Kavanagh
- Joanna Kavenna
- John Keay
- Christopher Kelly
- Mary Killen
- Andrew Lambert
- Jessica Mann
- John McEwen
- Frank McLynn
- Jonathan Mirsky
- Leslie Mitchell
- Caroline Moorehead
- Harry Mount
- Edward Norman
- Richard Overy
- Catherine Peters
- Lucy Popescu
- Julian Preece
- Tim Rice
- Sebastian Shakespeare
- David Stafford
- Gillian Tindall
- Ion Trewin
- Adrian Turpin
- Thomas Wide
- Ben Wilson
- Philip Womack
- Adolf Wood
Sign Up to our newsletter
Receive free articles, highlights from the archive, news, details of prizes, and much more.@Lit_Review
Follow Literary Review on Twitter
'It is the ... sketches of the local and the overlooked that lend this book its density and drive, and emphasise Britain’s mostly low-key riches – if only you can be bothered to buy an anorak and seek.'
Jonathan Meades on the beauty of brutalism.
https://literaryreview.co.uk/castles-of-concrete
'Cruickshank’s history reveals an extraordinary eclecticism of architectural styles and buildings, from Dutch Revivalism to Arts and Crafts experimentation, from Georgian terraces to Victorian mansion blocks.'
William Boyd on the architecture of Chelsea.
https://literaryreview.co.uk/where-george-eliot-meets-mick-jagger
'The eight years he has spent in solitary confinement have had a devastating impact on his mental health ... human rights organisations believe his detention is punishment for his critical views.'
@lucyjpop on the Egyptian activist and poet Ahmed Douma.
https://literaryreview.co.uk/ahmed-douma