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Patrick Parrinder: Nation & Novel (Paperback, 2006, Oxford University Press)
David Morley, Kuan-Hsing Chen: Stuart Hall (Paperback, 1996, Routledge)
Ian Burton, Lisa Schipper: The Earthscan Reader on Adaptation to Climate Change (Paperback, 2008, Routledge)

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Alison Watts, Riku Onda: Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight (2022, Bitter Lemon Press)
Matthew Gregory Lewis, Emma McAvoy: The Monk (EBook, 2008, Oxford University Press)
Stephen Kotowych: Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume One (Paperback, 2023, Ansible Press)

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Cara Nox: Familiar (EBook, 2025, Stella Charta Press, LLC)
Alison Watts, Riku Onda: The Aosawa Murders (2020, Bitter Lemon Press)
Katy Soar: Circles of Stone (Paperback, 2023, British Library)

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reviewed Before Scotland by Alistair Moffat

Alistair Moffat: Before Scotland (Paperback, 2009, Thames & Hudson)

The story of the land that became Scotland is one of dramatic geological events and …

Good beginning and ending, sandwiching more frustrating material

Starts off strong with coverage of the ice ages and the early habitation of Scotland, and finishes well with the coming of the Romans through to the final Pictish kingdoms around 800. The middle, though, suffered from what I think is quite common in popular prehistories: plenty of conjecture, set off by overly frequent use of 'they must have...' and 'no doubt...'. Still enjoyable, but there were times when I wasn't really sure what I was reading.

reviewed Paint My Name in Black and Gold by Mark Andrews

Mark Andrews: Paint My Name in Black and Gold (2021, Unbound)

Fine, but probably over-long

Mostly enjoyable recounting of the rise of TSOM up to the first big split. Interesting to learn more about the Leeds music scene of the time, and discover that the March Violets were contemporaries. The book does drag after a while as it becomes a bit too 'blow by blow' for my liking, and the endless drug references may be accurate but I found them increasingly tiresome.

Unrelated to the content of the book, it's hard to recommend buying it owing to the ongoing Unbound/Boundless, er, situation.