London Fog: The Biography, by Christine Corton Ruth Richardson on the capital city’s great mists and smogs that have inspired, harmed and killed By Ruth Richardson 29 October
Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress, by Jane Ridley Easy lay the head that wore the crown, despite maternal meddling, says Ruth Richardson By Ruth Richardson 30 July
Dickens and the Business of Death, by Claire Wood The Victorians found much profit in the grave, and Boz was there to document its blackly comic excess, writes Ruth Richardson By Ruth Richardson 28 May
