Suzi Feay

Visitants from the past: The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley, reviewed

An experimental project transports people across centuries. Lieutenant Graham Gore, an Arctic explorer whisked from the 1840s to present-day London, is not overly impressed

John Franklin’s doomed expedition to find the North-West Passage. One of the members, a naval officer, plays a leading role in Kaliane Bradley’s striking debut. [Getty Images]

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