The only possible complaint about Ashenburg's exceptionally enjoyable book is that, being beautifully designed and illustrated, it is not suitable for reading in the bath -- John Carey * The Sunday Times *
Thought provoking, charming and great fodder for dinner-party chat, this is a memorable read * Time Out *
This is a sparkling, discursive and witty history: good, clean fun -- Cressida Connolly * New Statesman *
[T]errific history of personal hygiene ... A wonderfully interesting and amusing book * Daily Mail *
Here is a splendid history of the amazingly different attitudes that various civilisations have taken towards water -- Nicholas Bagnall * Sunday Telegraph *
Awash with smart allusions...absorbing on Roman water-heating or Victorian soap, this finely-illustrated survey turns on a foaming jacuzzi for the mind -- Boyd Tonkin * The Independent *
An entertaining book that really does belong in the bathroom -- Claire Allfree * Metro *
Clean takes you on a fast-paced journey that confronts our own obsession with cleanliness, gives insight into cultural differences and charts the wonderful history of human hygine. It's a refreshing home spa for the brain. * Elle Decoration Magazine, South Africa *
