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Learn more about key concepts in Western European art history and gain further insight into the paintings and…
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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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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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How to Decorate an 18th-century Pocket
To celebrate the paperback release of The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives, 1660–1900, we’re delighted…
“The Pocket” Design Competition | Decorate Your Own 18th-century Pocket
The Pocket Design Competition 2020 Unlike the pockets found on women’s clothing today, pockets in the 18th-century…
Blooming Flowers by Kasia Boddy – An Extract
The fact that the daisy grows in so many places — native to western, central and northern Europe,…
Staff Pick: Summer Reads
Welcome to our new monthly post. Each month Yale University Press London staff members will recommend their favourite…
Conversations: Colonialism
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A Closer Look At Art | Portraiture
Learn more about key concepts in Western European art history and gain further insight into the paintings and…
Conversations: Understanding Protest
The global wave of protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd reminds us that we live in…
Conversations: To Describe a Life by Darby English
A quotation from the French philosopher and political activist Simone Weil is the first thing the reader encounters…
Conversations: History of Slavery
The global wave of protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd reminds us that we live in…
Architecture of the Islamic West: Innovative, Impressive and … Overlooked?
Some of the most outstanding examples of world architecture, such as the Mosque of Córdoba, the ceiling of…
The Field of Cloth of Gold – 500th anniversary
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An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Zeus (and Apollo)
As an aid to students, teachers and parents dealing with the challenges of home learning, we have constructed…
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: You!
As an aid to students, teachers and parents dealing with the challenges of home learning, we have constructed…
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Xerxes
As an aid to students, teachers and parents dealing with the challenges of home learning, we have constructed…