Gaby Mahlberg
I'm a historian and journalist with an interest in early modern British and European history, the history of political thought and discourse, cultural history, utopianism and literature. And of course I'm a news junkie!
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
History Academia Early Modern Seventeenth Century Comment Reviews Political Thought Republicanism literature Politics News Eighteenth Century Conferences translation journalism Education Religion higher education Sixteenth Century Twentieth Century
Mrs Dalloway as a Provincial Lady
1 December 2023
The Diary of a Provincial Lady has become my unexpected favourite book of the year. Its unassuming and self-deprecating title very much sets the tone for the four parts of E.M. Delafield’s...
Studying while poor: Student life is not all it is cracked up to be
26 October 2023
The Ziggurats where I lived during my first semester at the UEA. Reading recent reports on student loans not covering the actual cost of living really hit home with me as it brought...
3 August 2023
Spoiler alert! So I did go and see the “Barbie” (2023) film after all. And I wasn’t disappointed. Yes, it’s all pink and girlie to start with, but the parallel universe that...
Hunting the regicides in America – Robert Harris’s Act of Oblivion
6 May 2023
Robert Harris’ bestselling novel, now also available in paperback. The Act of Indemnity and Oblivion passed after the Restoration of the Stuarts to the English throne in 1660 was...