Tag: History

• The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet: A Moving People’s History of Afghanistan Through the Doors of One Hotel

  

  A sweeping, humane and deeply informative history of modern Afghanistan, told through the remarkable story of the Kabul Inter-Continental Hotel.

  Megan Hall

  Feb 24, 2026

  Feel Clever Reads

  Afghanistan, BBC, History, Journalism, Lyse Doucet, Non Fiction, People’s History, Politics, War, Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction

• The Five by Hallie Rubenhold: Reclaiming the Women Jack the Ripper Erased

  

  This book came highly recommended by my sister, so when I got round to reading it I wasn’t sure what to expect (we don’t normally have the same taste in books). However, The Five by Hallie Rubenhold was such a welcome surprise. I went in thinking I knew the infamous Jack the Ripper story –…

  Megan Hall

  Aug 9, 2025

  Book Reviews, Sharp & Thought-Provoking

  Book Review, Crime, Feminism, Hallie Rubenhold, History, Non-Fiction, The Five

• July Reading Wrap-Up

  

  I’m not entirely sure how we’ve reached the end of July already, but somehow here we are – and I managed to read 7 books, and a grand total of 2,326 pages along the way. There was true crime, feminist non-fiction, memoir, forensic science, historical fiction and bit of literary fiction for good measure. A…

  Megan Hall

  Aug 5, 2025

  Monthly Reading Wrap Up

  Crime, Feminism, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Non-Fiction, Reading Wrap-Up, technology, Thriller