‘Review’ Posts

Red letters

25th November, 2009 by Hannah

Hannah reviews the poetry of a “cabaret vamp, burlesque wannabe, feminist lesbian warrior princess and Italian pasta-momma”

Cause celeb

3rd November, 2009 by Charlotte

“This book got me growling for all the wrong reasons.” A review of Kelly Osbourne’s Fierce.

How liberating

22nd October, 2009 by Katie

“If you got married, you could lose your job. If your husband beat or raped you, that was your problem. And if you wanted contraception, you did not go to your GP. Welcome to the 1970s.” A review of Ms Understood: Women’s Liberation in 1970s Britain.

Haworth it?

6th October, 2009 by Charlotte

Brontë Hotel. Brontë Balti. Brontë Bistro. By the time we reached Heathcliff Holiday Cottages, we knew we were getting pretty close.
After six hours due north on the A1, we (my sister was at the wheel) had reached Haworth, in the south Pennines, west of Bradford, north of the Peaks. And on the map since the [...]

On the button

23rd September, 2009 by Miss Scarlet

Masons in Abingdon is a holy grail for knitters and stitchers.

Mess it up

21st August, 2009 by Lisa

Lisa reviews Crackney’s finest place for brunch.