This month has gone too quickly. There I said it. Yada yada yada *insert more sentimental guff about the fast passage of time here.* To commemorate January, I thought I would give you all a little insight to what I've loved this month. I always love to watch favourite videos and read blog posts along these lines, maybe I'm nosy but I love...
Studying at history at degree level often means that I fall over little facts and pieces of information that really do relate to our modern world. That is exactly what happened whilst I was reading for a seminar about early modern Europe. As you are all probably aware of by now, I really love talking about two things on this blog: history and...
Its rare that I actually go out looking to buy new clothes. More often than not, I fall over clothes when I'm not looking for them, and never find anything I like when I am. My wardrobe has been looking old for a while, and most of my clothes were ruined by the uni washing machines and my lack of domesticity during my...
I kind of went crazy in the Christmas sales this year and treated myself to a few books. I'm really getting into reading physical copies again, despite having sworn by my Kindle for so long! It also helps that Amazon had a great 3 for £10 offer on... I thought I would share with you what I purchased, but I'll save my thoughts...
I've been a fan of Antony Horowitz's writing for a long time. I grew up (like so many others around my age) gripped by his Alex Rider series, and felt the gap in my reading list when I graduated to more 'grown-up' fiction. This made discovering his most recent novel Moriarty a pretty great start to an otherwise chilly Monday morning. Frederick Chase, an...
21st century entertainment all revolves around experiencing a spectacle. Whether this be watching a TV drama, attending concerts, plays and shows, or simply visiting an attraction, we all look towards entertainment to experience something out of the ordinary. The people of Georgian and Victorian societies were no different, as they turned to the freak show instead for entertainment. The eighteenth and nineteenth century...
Fun history-related gifts are kind of hard to come by, most people think that its a category confined to books and 'the day you were born' newspaper excerpts. But there is so much more out there! Here are my five favourites from around the internet... 1. One Line A Day: A Five Year Memory Book, from £8.10 http://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Line-Day-Five-Year-Memory/dp/0811870197/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8£9.95&qid=1452626465&sr=1-1&keywords=one+line+a+day I have one of these...
50 book challenge
If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home - Lucy Worsley (Book #1)
04:30:00
This week (1st-8th January 2016) I read If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley. For those of you who don't know, this was the first book in my 2016 50 Book Challenge. Here's what I thought of it: After spending a term studying the ins and outs of Victorian society, I decided to pick up this social...
I have a miraculous ability to buy more history books than I can plausibly read at any one time. I tell myself that I don't need any more EVERY time I visit a bookshop, but oh no, I don't listen. This is me, banning myself from buying anymore until I have read these 5... The 5 books I've decided to tackle. Trust me,...
I love reading history, but as I do so much of it for my degree I often find myself reluctant to read it in my spare time. Yet this new year there seems to be many new history-based dramas coming to our screens, all of which will give me the opportunity to broaden my horizons without having to digest more literature than I...
Happy 2016 world! I've been making New Years resolutions for a good ten years now. Like many others, I've not been very good at keeping them. But I'm hoping that this year this won't be the case! Inspired by YouTuber and blogger Hannah Witton, I've decided to give the 50 book challenge a go, with the aim of having read 50 books by...
