Annie Gray’s delicious Victory In The Kitchen, a biography of Georgina Landemare, Winston Churchill’s cook, is ‘popular history at its very best’ By Kathryn Hughes Published: 22:01 BST, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 16:53 BST, 26 February 2020 Victory In The Kitchen: The Life Of Churchill’s Cook Annie Gray … Read more
What can economic history teach us about the lockdown? The coronavirus pandemic is, of course, first and foremost a social crisis. It is testing the limits of the NHS, bringing out the best in our doctors, nurses and carers, and many others on whom we all rely. But it is also a huge challenge for … Read more
HISTORY By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 23:33 BST, 5 March 2020 THE LOST FUTURE OF PEPPERHARROW by Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury £12.99, 512 pp) The utterly beguiling characters from Pulley’s debut The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street make a much-anticipated reappearance here. Clairvoyant samurai Keita Mori and … Read more