Paul Addison enjoys a sprightly account of the 1951 Festival of Britain
Matthew Strickland welcomes a magisterial new study of English medieval chivalry
Hallie Rubenhold applauds an ambitious depiction of the historical backdrop to Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders
Stephen Halliday reviews an intriguing study of monastic dietary habits
Justin Champion delves into an engaging study of Europe’s nocturnal hours and the people who inhabited them
Tom Neuhaus welcomes a new history of Tibet and the religion for which it is famous
Nicholas Vincent reviews an admirable and entertaining new survey of medieval relics and contemplates their dramatic fall from grace
Christine Kinealy contemplates a bleak narrative of the Irish famine
Felix Driver on a sympathetic portrayal of a group of Victorian collectors