The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley review: a time-travelling treat with problems

“He was, above all things, a charming man. In every century they make themselves at home.” Which, in the case of Graham Gore, a Victorian naval commander plucked from a doomed polar expedition to a near-future London, means learning how to ride a motorbike (in leathers), use Google (“what is miso paste?”) and cook pho (if not quite pronounce it).