From the September 2020 Issue River Deep, Mountain High Himalaya: A Human History By Ed Douglas The Frozen River: Seeking Silence in the Himalaya By James Crowden LR
From the June 2020 Issue Good Rule Hunting Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy By James Hankins LR
From the June 2019 Issue Rhinos of War The Snow Leopard Project and Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation By Alex Dehgan LR
From the November 2017 Issue Searching for Sufism Travels in a Dervish Cloak By Isambard Wilkinson LR
From the February 2017 Issue Kilt for Hire The Tartan Turban: In Search of Alexander Gardner By John Keay
From the December 2016 Issue From Timur to the Taliban The Pearl of Khorasan: A History of Herat By C P W Gammell LR
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In this month's Bookends, @AdamCSDouglas looks at the curious life of Henry Labouchere: a friend of Bram Stoker, 'loose cannon', and architect of the law that outlawed homosexual activity in Britain.
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