The Mike Robbins blog

For a year of my childhood, a huge 1966 Meteor sedan was my window on a continent. A journey through 1960s America It was...

Climate change and the zeitgeist. Two stories of our time Who is John Truthing? A charismatic figure who holds rallies at which he u...

Travel writing is mostly seen as a distinct genre. But travel, war and history can come together. Two fine books in which they do Whe...

Two recent books give a vivid insight into  what  goes on in prison. It isn’t pretty  It’s an afternoon at Bronzefield, a British women’...