
The Last Lover by Can Xue – An Extract
Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction In her first UK appearance, Chinese novelist and…
Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction In her first UK appearance, Chinese novelist and…
From Presidential Government by Benjamin Ginsberg — For most of the nineteenth century, the presidency was a weak institution. In…
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The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey follows the extraordinary migration of red knots…
April 2016 marks the centenary of the Easter Rising, when a group of Irish nationalists staged a rebellion…
The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder by Linda Stratmann – a BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice –…
‘Genghis Khan with a telephone.’ On 5 March 2016 it will be 63 years since the death of…
As the 2016 Oscars approach – the 88th Academy Awards ceremony that will take place on 28 February…
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‘How did the British achieve this victory? Statistics can often illustrate the decline of one side as against…
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…