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Books · 24 March 2025

Learning to Read for Fun Again After a PhD

Undertaking a doctorate degree, especially a PhD in the humanities, generally means years of being text-bound. Reading papers and books, taking notes, and writing. Rinse and repeat, every day for three to six years. During these years, I lost all pleasure in reading for fun. But it is possible to find that love for reading again!

History Books I Enjoyed Reading This Autum

Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper – by Neil Buttery & Blighty or Bust: The Epic 2,000-Mile Escape of WWII prisoner-of-war, Raymond Bailey. In His Own Words – Edited by David Wilkins

Women SciFi Writers Before Mary Shelley - Margaret Cavendish and The Blazing World

Margaret Cavendish wrote utopian SciFi in the 1600s - long before Mary Shelley and others. Her work The Blazing World explores topics such as rulership, gender norms and futuristic technologies.