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Writers in the 19th century described country houses as their own ‘little kingdoms’: self-contained units with their own…
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Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
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Nazi Germany and Modernist art
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Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
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Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton, An Extract
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Lee Lozano: Not Working – an interview with Jo Applin
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Bookshop of the Month – Church House Bookshop, London
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A Year in Yale Books
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Competition: Win a signed copy of Francis Spufford’s True Stories & Other Essays
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Bookshop of the Month – Lighthouse, Edinburgh
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The Story of Stansted Park
Architecture is about many things – building style, social change, technological advance, but also the human needs and…
Long Live Socialism! – Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as…
Staff Pick: Holiday Reads
Our staff members recommend their favourite Yale holiday reads. A book you can read at the beach or…
Illustrating The Story of the Country House: Q&A with Bethan Scorey
Country houses in the UK date back as far as the medieval period, when England had a population…
Staff Pick: Medieval History
July is the month of both the International Medieval Congress and the Harlaxton Medieval Symposium and we are…
The Aeneid – an Extract
The Aeneid tells the story of the foundation of Rome by colonists from the East, refugees from the city of…
Coral Reefs – beauty and wonder lie within superficially simple stories about their residents
Anyone who has watched one or two documentaries about coral reefs will have heard about cleaning stations. A…
Illustrating Spymaster by Helen Fry: A Q&A with Rui Ricardo
Thomas Kendrick (1881–1972) was central to the British Secret Service from its beginnings through to the Second World War….
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…
Staff Pick: Royalty
To mark the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday this month, Yale University Press London choose their favourite…
Pioneer of Natural History Illustration: The Art and Science of Mark Catesby
By Henrietta McBurney Today, the broadcaster and natural historian Sir David Attenborough shares his passion for the natural…
Exploring Wiltshire with Pevsner: The Estate Villages of Joseph Neeld
The estate villages of Joseph Neeld are a remarkably complete set in the picturesque styles of the earlier…
Daniel Cottier: The Complex Role of a Victorian Art Entrepreneur
In this blog, authors Petra ten-Doesschate Chu and Max Donnelly explore the multi-faceted career and legacy of Daniel…
Staff Pick: Exhibitions
In celebration of art galleries reopening to the public from 17th May onwards, Yale University Press London staff…