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Beacon for Change: How the Festival of Britain Helped to Shape a New Age
by Barry Turner

Paul Addison enjoys a sprightly account of the 1951 Festival of Britain

For Honour and Fame: Chivalry in England, 1066–1500
by Nigel Saul

Matthew Strickland welcomes a magisterial new study of English medieval chivalry

Moll: The Life and Times of  Moll Flanders
by Sian Rees

Hallie Rubenhold applauds an ambitious depiction of the historical backdrop to Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders

A Hermit’s Cookbook: Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages
by Andrew Jotischky

Stephen Halliday reviews an intriguing study of monastic dietary habits

Evening’s Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe
by Craig Koslofsky

Justin Champion delves into an engaging study of Europe’s nocturnal hours and the people who inhabited them

Tibet: A History
by Sam van Schaik

Tom Neuhaus welcomes a new history of Tibet and the religion for which it is famous

Holy Bones, Holy Dust
by Charles Freeman

Nicholas Vincent reviews an admirable and entertaining new survey of medieval relics and contemplates their dramatic fall from grace

The Stones of London
by Leo Hollis

Cathy Ross takes a stimulating architectural journey around London

The Great Famine: Ireland’s Agony 1845–1852
by Ciarán Ó Murchadha

Christine Kinealy contemplates a bleak narrative of the Irish famine

Magpies, Squirrels  and Thieves: How the Victorians Collected the World
by Jacqueline Yallop

Felix Driver on a sympathetic portrayal of a group of Victorian collectors