The London Naturalist, the annual journal of the London Natural History Society, gave a long review to Hillwalking London. ‘I would recommend this as a useful guide and motivation for many walkers who want to explore further afield but stay within easy access of the city,’ wrote Angela Cunningham. ‘The views of the city skyline are spectacular in some of the walks and there are also vistas of a more rural nature. The ten walks are different enough to maintain interest and, for some, a goal to achieve all ten.’
Graham Coster writes for County Cricket Matters
In the latest edition of County Cricket Matters, the excellent quarterly edited and published by Annie Chave, Safe Haven publisher and author of The Nature of Cricket and Snow Stopped Play Graham Coster has a piece on the aesthetics of cricket called ‘Nowhere Near 39 Steps’.
BBC London TV news interviews Tessa Boase
As part of a three-part series about the future of Oxford Street, on 18 August BBC TV London news interviewed Tessa Boase, author of London’s Lost Department Stores, in the roof garden at the top of John Lewis’s flagship store on the street.
South East Walker reviews Hillwalking London
South East Walker, the magazine of the Ramblers for the South-East, and read by 26,000 keen walkers, has reviewed Hillwalking London.
IanVisits reviews Hillwalking London
The popular London website IanVisits has just published an extensive and judicious review of Hillwalking London, complimenting it on being ‘quite an easy book to follow, with helpful maps and tips about crossing roads, local eateries and bus services’, and noting that it could be ‘a handy book to pull out when visiting an area to see if there’s a local vantage point to keep an eye out for’.
Inside Croydon reviews Hillwalking London
‘This capital walking guide book rises well above the ordinary,’ runs the headline to Ken Towl’s long and very favourable review of Hillwalking London on the widely read Inside Croydon website. ‘In these straitened times’, he concludes, ‘it is life-affirming to find ideas for recreation that do not demand great expenditure.’
The London Society likes Hillwalking London
In a comprehensive and enthusiastic review on the London Society’s website, Clare Delmar, whose hillwalking conquests apparently include the Walk of the Gods on the Amalfi Coast, praises Caroline Buckland’s new walking guide as ‘a good read for both the novice and more experienced hill-walker, Londoner or not’, which she will ‘be sharing it with my hiking community’.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack praises The Nature of Cricket
In the 2023 edition of the cricketer’s bible, Wisden, just published, Graham Coster’s The Nature of Cricket comes ‘highly recommended’ from its reviewer in the Almanack’s annual round-up of cricket books.
Tessa Boase takes part in a prestigious industry symposium on The Department Store Reimagined
On 23 February, at the fabulous Nobu hotel in Shoreditch, TheIndustry.Fashion hosted a retail industry symposium on the future of the department store, including a discussion involving Tessa Boase, author of London’s Lost Department Stores, as well as Sarah Coonan, Managing Director of Liberty’s. Here is Tessa in conversation with Alex Marsh, UK CEO of the new payments company Klarna, sponsors of the event.
Graham Coster writes in the Cricketer
In the December issue of the Cricketer magazine Graham Coster, Safe Haven publisher and author of The Nature of Cricket, wrote a piece for its ‘Off the Long Run’ feature on the unwelcoming reception given to non-members at too many county cricket grounds - based on a great deal of personal experience.