history, books, lifestyle
In this post, I am going to be analysing Richard J. Aldrich’s Policing the Past: Official History, Secrecy and British Intelligence Since 1945 article from the English Historical Review. I found this article very interesting as it examines intelligence history while also asking bigger questions about who gets to write history, how secrecy shapes archives,… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: Policing the Past, Richard J. Aldrich
This post is about John Tosh's The Pursuit of History, specifically Chapters 9-11. Within these chapters, he tackles three key themes in modern historiography: the cultural turn, the rise of gender and postcolonial history, and the use of memory and the spoken word. These themes particularly stood out to me as they can all apply… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: The Pursuit of History, John Tosh
Instead of a usual post in this series, I have decided to attach an essay of mine answering the question 'Was the Partition of India inevitable?' As this essay covers the arguments of many books, articles and historians on a variety of different topics in relation to the causes Partition, I have been able to… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: Causes of the Partition of India
To bring greater variety to the material I’m exploring in my Past Through Pages series, this post compares two articles on the Cold War. This allows me to explore how historians have shifted in their approach to the Cold War over time, moving beyond the traditional East-West divide and towards a more global appreciation of… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: The Global Cold War
As part of this series exploring 20th century history, with a focus on espionage, I have decided to explore the story of Adolf Tolkachev. He was one of the most important CIA assets during the Cold War, and like my previous posts, I have also read a book to guide my research, "The Billion Dollar… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: Adolf Tolkachev
Rating - ☆☆☆☆/5 Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a beautiful piece of historical fiction, allowing readers to reflect on the resilience of the human spirit through the lens of WWII. The book explores the complexities of war through the two vastly different but eventually interconnected protagonists' stories. Marie-Laure and her father flee Nazi-occupied Paris… Continue reading All The Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
In this post I'll be giving you the list of a few of the books that I would like to read in the next few months! For every book I will also be including the goodreads summary to give you a better idea of the storyline and themes of each book. All The Light We… Continue reading My Current TBR
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Rating - ☆☆☆☆☆/5 The first book in this very popular young adult murder series is 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'. This book follows the story of high school student, Pippa Fitz-Amobi, who decides to investigate a murder that occurred five years ago in her small town for her… Continue reading A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (Series), Holly Jackson
The key takeaway from Atomic Habits is that the way to make big changes in your life, is to make small and easy changes that you'll be able to stick with for a while. Focusing less on setting goals but instead creating systems is also mentioned frequently. The book has many really important points, but… Continue reading Atomic Habits, James Clear
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