May 2009 Issue John Cornwell A Dig at Ditchkins Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate By Terry Eagleton LR
April 2009 Issue Alison Light Love Her Or Hate Her The Essays of Virginia Woolf – Volume 5: 1929 to 1932 By Stuart N Clarke (ed) LR
October 2008 Issue Jane Rye The Wild Shores of Buggery Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma By Michael Peppiatt Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait By Michael Peppiatt LR
March 2005 Issue Paul Binding Cabbies and Caves The Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London By Natsume Soseki (Translated from the Japanese and introduced by Damian Flanagan) LR
February 2013 Issue David Gelber Behind Closed Doors Family Secrets: Living with Shame from the Victorians to the Present Day By Deborah Cohen LR
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