This engaging history of our planet -The Daily Telegraph (01/08/09)

but Christopher Lloyd pulls it off.

What on Earth Happened? Mother Nature Network (08/07/09)

Lloyd does a great job of parsing the planet’s history into four digestible parts...

A snappy history of our planet, The Independent (11/06/09)

It tells you something new on virtually every page….

Answers to everything, Southern Reporter (07/05/09)

The engaging Christopher Lloyd at the Borders Book Festival on Sunday, June 21

What on Earth Happened? — Review, OC Magazine, April 2009

Review by Helena Drysdale

Fourteen-day serial for Lloyd, The Bookseller (21/01/09)

The Independent and Independent on Sunday ran a major 14-day serialisation of Christopher Lloyd’s What On Earth Happened? (Bloomsbury) from Saturday 7th February 2009.

Grand Tour by Camper Van, The Daily Telegraph (22/12/08)

Jasper Gerard meets the author of an innovative new history of the world

A Book I Will Dip Into Regularly, The School Librarian (Winter 2008) Informative, highly readable and the sort of book an enquiring mind will not want to put down….I would recommend this book for children who love learning…...

For Perspective, Try Thinking Jurassic, The Spectator (20/11/08)

The first takeaways originated about 150 million years ago, says Christopher Lloyd; global travel is pretty ancient, too. And as for democracy...

A History of Earth, The Press Association (11/11/08)

This chronological account of our planet and its people offers an incredible journey through billions of years in less than 400 colourful pages.

What on Earth Happened? The Sunday Times (26/10/08)

An antidote to the mini-histories we learned at school that prevent us understanding the evolution of natural history

What on Earth Happened? BBC Breakfast (14/10/08)

“This book should be on every child’s Christmas List”

Bill Turnbull, BBC 1 Breakfast Show.

Dark Side to Our Love for Tea, Tonbridge Courier (09/10/08)

Christopher Lloyd’ new book What on Earth Happened? provides thousands of facts about the world in which we live

History Man, Sevenoaks Chronicle (09/10/08)

The next time you sit down to have a nice cup of tea, think only this: if the English had less thirst for a cuppa we may never have had a drugs trade.

Author’s Quest for History, Kent on Sunday (28/09/08)

A fresh approach to history is needed if humanity is to work together to tackle challenges such as climate change and population growth.

A Fresh Perspective, Resurgence magazine (Sept 2008)

The teaching of history can either reinforce old prejudices and paradigms, or can literally change the future.