Reviews

As Holocaust survivors die, new approaches are required to tell their history, as shown in this unsentimental, emphatic account of the inhabitants of a Berlin street.

The lives of six Victorian radicals shed light on the struggle to establish feminism, social reform and the Labour movement.

From a priory hospital in the fields, to the Huguenots, Jack the Ripper and the Kray twins, Spitalfields has always been considered a place apart

A detailed study of the Enlightenment and the Great Divergence displays admirable depth of knowledge and subtlety of argument.

The memoir of a pioneering woman pilot who delivered vital fighter aircraft and bombers around Britain during the war.

A painter and a critic discuss the visual past in a beguiling and provocative way, but do they engage the reader?

A convincing account of early modern political organisation gives voice to lesser-known figures.

Two excellent studies highlight the commonality of gay and lesbian experience in Britain and Germany over the past century and a half. 

A multi-authored and beautifully illustrated volume endeavours to find detailed answers to complex questions about modern Chinese history.