By Megan Thomas Firstly, isn’t this cover the most delightfully extra thing you’ve ever seen? Well, it’s bland compared to the vivacious woman whose life it documents. I had never heard of Isabella Blow prior to reading this biography by Lauren Goldstein Crowe - which, as I understand it, is pretty shocking for anyone with…
Tag: Non-fiction
The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: Power, Profits and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe
A business and fashion book that unpacks the success story that is the Jimmy Choo brand.
Welsh Saints On The Mormon Trail
Historical fiction of the Welsh Saints who made their way to Salt Lake City in the 1800s.
Whose Story Is This?
“We are, as a culture, moving to a future with more people and more voices and more possibilities. Some people are being left behind, not because the future is intolerant of them but because they are intolerant of this future.”
I Feel Bad About My Neck: Book of the Month (March 2020)
“Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take it off until you're thirty-four.”
What If There Were No Whites In South Africa?
“When black fury meets white denial, you have the combustible and fundamentally changed race relations we live in today.”
Snug
By Megan Thomas It’s the newest collection of comics from social media SUPERSTAR Catana Comics. Honestly, I can’t explain to you how sweet, charming and relatable these are - a romantic retelling of life in a modern relationship (and the couch-naps, pizza deliveries and snuggles involved). I sometimes see the comics and feel vaguely uneasy because…
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year
By Megan Thomas This absolute highlight of an exhibition is on at the Natural History Museum and I highly recommend everyone in London (or close enough) go visit. If you can’t, then these portfolios are a great way to see all the photographs from the various years. This is a copy of 2019’s award, and…
Books of 2019: Memoir
Best Books of 2019: four incredible memoirs I've read this year
First In The Fight
The stories of the twenty women who shaped Manchester.
