From the March 2002 Issue Imprisoned Souls Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children By Michael Newton LR
From the July 2000 Issue It Is No Yoke The Republic of Britain: 1760 to the Present By Frank Prochaska LR
From the March 2001 Issue An Enchanted World The Magical Universe: Everyday Ritual and Magic in Pre-Modern Europe By Stephen Wilson LR
From the August 1997 Issue Hunting Hookworms Tropical Diseases: From 50,000 BC to 2,500 AD By Robert S Desowitz
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'Thirkell was a product of her time and her class. For her there are no sacred cows, barring those that win ribbons at the Barchester Agricultural.'
The novelist Angela Thirkell is due a revival, says Patricia T O'Conner (£).
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'Only in Britain, perhaps, could spy chiefs – conventionally viewed as masters of subterfuge – be so highly regarded as ethical guides.'
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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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