- What on earth is the point of academic journals paywalling book reviews? It is bad enough people don’t get paid to write them. A public history review will at least result in some kind of remuneration and more than three people reading it.Jan 27, 2026 23:57
- Then again, this relies on publications existing which actually aspire to decent content, not stuff like ‘sheep gives birth to twins’ and ‘iconic local takeaway to close down’ illustrated by screen grabs from Google Earth.