
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 and Chen Zeping, has been longlisted…
We are delighted by the news that Can Xue’s I Live in the Slums, translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping, has been longlisted…
Jonathan Petropoulos— I remember clearly my first meeting with Bruno Lohse in June 1998 at the Zentralinstitut in Munich. It was a hot summer…
This next post in our series on Jewish History and Culture features an extract from Survivors: Children’s Lives After the Holocaust by Rebecca Clifford…
This post, the latest in our series on Jewish History and Culture, looks at holocaust survivor testimonies. It features extracts from Ecologies of Witnessing…
Our series of blog posts on Jewish History and Culture continues with this extract from Vivian Gornick’s biography of Emma Goldman, part of our…
Our series of blog posts on Jewish History and Culture continues with this extract from David Mikics’ biography of Stanley Kubrick, part of our…
This first post in our new series on Jewish History and Culture looks at stories of movement and migration, including extracts from Well Worth…
MI9’s ‘Q-gadgets’ have made it into the public imagination through the adventures of James Bond. But who was behind their invention? Helen Fry reveals…
The global wave of protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd reminds us that we live in times of continuing racial injustice. As…
Yesterday saw the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the run up to the 2020 US presidential election on 3rd November….
National Poetry Day is a chance for everyone everywhere to read, share and enjoy poetry. Our Little Histories are also all about learning and…
National Poetry Day is a chance for everyone everywhere to read, share and enjoy poetry. Our Little Histories are also all about learning and…
National Poetry Day is a chance for everyone everywhere to read, share and enjoy poetry. Our Little Histories are also all about learning and…
September 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the departure from Plymouth of the ship the Mayflower which transported the Pilgrims from England to the…
‘Sorrow and despair constitute a lingua franca. Yet tragedy in the artistic sense is a highly specific affair.’ In Tragedy, eminent literary critic Terry…