Captain Cook Lays Waste to Moorea
This extract from Frank McLynn’s, Captain Cook: Master of the Seas, describes what happened in October 1777 when,…
Extracts
Christmas in Medieval England
In this extract from Going to Church in Medieval England, author Nicholas Orme discusses the customs, feasts and…
COP26: Global Crisis
Geoffrey Parker outlines his book, Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century, and explores…
Long Live Socialism! – Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as…
Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia – An Extract
In recent years, it has been impossible to ignore the resurgence of xenophobia. Issues like the European migrant…
The Aeneid – an Extract
The Aeneid tells the story of the foundation of Rome by colonists from the East, refugees from the city of…
Going to Church in Medieval England – an extract
Parish churches were at the heart of English religious and social life in the Middle Ages and the…
‘The Orphanage’ – An Extract
Written by Serhiy Zhadan, widely considered to be one of the most important young writers in Ukraine, The…
I Live in the Slums – An Extract
We are delighted by the news that Can Xue’s I Live in the Slums, translated by Karen Gernant…
Cromwell: A Killjoy Regime?
The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I’s execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then…
Bruno Lohse, Nazi art plunderer – An extract from Goering’s Man in Paris
Jonathan Petropoulos— I remember clearly my first meeting with Bruno Lohse in June 1998 at the Zentralinstitut in…
Jewish History & Culture: Survivors – an extract
This next post in our series on Jewish History and Culture features an extract from Survivors: Children’s Lives…
Jewish History & Culture: Holocaust Testimonies
This post, the latest in our series on Jewish History and Culture, looks at holocaust survivor testimonies. It…
Jewish History & Culture: Emma Goldman
Our series of blog posts on Jewish History and Culture continues with this extract from Vivian Gornick’s biography…
Jewish History & Culture: Stanley Kubrick
Our series of blog posts on Jewish History and Culture continues with this extract from David Mikics’ biography…