Quirky and Delightful Surprises: Pevsner Guides Revisit Hertfordshire
The new Pevsner Architectural Guide to Hertfordshire is an indispensable and eye-opening introduction to the wealth of fine buildings that…
Recent Posts
How to get noticed by publishers and other questions – A Q&A with Heather McCallum (Part I)
Is writing more your new year’s resolution? Whether you are finishing up a first draft or going through…
The Classical Music Lover’s Playlist by Robert Philip
To celebrate the publication of The Classical Music Lover’s Companion To Orchestral Music, we asked Robert Philip, scholar,…
Interviews
Bookshop of the Month – October Books, Southampton
Our Bookshop of the Month for March is Southampton’s October Books. Following an extremely well-publicised move, this friendly, not-for-profit…
Why Multilingualism Matters – A Q&A with Marek Kohn
In a world that has global English and translation technology, it’s easy to assume that the need to…
Bookshop of the Month – Tate Modern Terrace Shop, London
February’s Bookshop of the Month takes us to the banks of the River Thames and into one of…
Articles
Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior – Catherine Hanley
Was Matilda a power-hungry she-wolf, as history portrays her, or a woman ahead of her time, fighting for…
The Classical Music Lover’s Playlist by Robert Philip
To celebrate the publication of The Classical Music Lover’s Companion To Orchestral Music, we asked Robert Philip, scholar,…
The Kremlin Letters: David Reynolds on the correspondence of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
For nearly four years, and against all the odds, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Josef Stalin led the…
