Lies, damned lies and novels
Stories are part of what makes us human because part of being human is the habit, good or bad, of telling lies.
A Journal of the Plague Year
Almost three hundred years after Daniel Defoe published A Journal of the Plague Year, we’re having a plague year of our own. His book was published on 17 March 1722. … Continue reading
Period drama
Period drama has been a staple of British television for as long as anyone can remember. Classic novels of the past, including nearly everything by Charles Dickens, have been dramatised … Continue reading
Telling tales
One day, when she was a little girl, my mother lost her temper with her older sister, Dinah, who had been telling lies about her. In her still barely articulate … Continue reading
The World Turned Upside Down
If you shine a light on fog, all you see is fog. Historians, when they shine a light on the past, are supposed to let us see through the fog, … Continue reading
Neil Rathmell - writer 