"While you can’t blame him for putting his point across forcefully, and for howling against perceived injustices, the spiteful tone helps no one..."

"The big problem with Gorman’s account of the rise of the McLaren, the Sex Pistols, and punk culture is that it is well-trodden territory..."

"Individually, the stories are horrifying. Collectively, they are enraging...."

"This is a well-written chronicle of 28 months when the world went slightly mad..."

"He brings plenty of helpful information from history, geology and architecture..."

"Shankar leaves a complex and enduring legacy that will be unpicked further by future disciples of his craft..."

"an instant book about how contagion spread in Italy..."

"nail-biting memoir..."

"This grab bag of tales in 150 brief episodes is a fascinating addition to the band’s legend..."

"Activist and writer’s insight and optimism evidenced in volume as short as her life..."

"His story is one of assimilation..."

"a moving dissection of what it means for a family to live with the depredations of schizophrenia..."

"a careful, elegant dance..."

"Hermione Lee and Kate Kennedy take us inside the homes of the great and the good..."

"Compassion and a plea for peaceful co-existence are the common themes in a bright celebration of unity in difference..."

"A beautiful rendering of the passing of days..."

"It has taken Dan Jarvis a long time to open his ‘coping box’. He deserves great credit for it...."

"a thought-provoking, inspiring collection that you can go back to whenever the weather takes a funny turn..."

"Devastating dalliance among the daffodils: When Coleridge found Wordsworth in bed with the love of his life..."

"These are fascinating thoughts, and there are questions to make us think again on every page. ..."

"(a) passionate and moving memoir..."

"Porter skilfully interweaves the politics with the passion..."

"as James bounces back again and again, you’ll raise a glass to her extraordinary resilience..."

"Mike Chinoy’s book shows how the civil rights activist went beyond Northern politics..."

"Freeman unfolds her family’s story with sharp intakes of breath as personal outcomes defy both logic and official narratives..."

"She writes with the clarity of a seer and the scope of a visionary..."