Women’s History Month: Uncovering Women’s History
For Women’s History Month 2025, we are sharing 10 free chapters from books uncovering women’s contributions to history. These extracts look at how women…
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The Bloomsbury Photographs: 6 Images from the book
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Under Cover of Darkness: An Extract
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Cottages Ornés: The Charms of the Simple Life
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The Story of Drawing in 6 Images
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Why I Became an X Troop Commando
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Six People Who Shaped Madrid
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On the road in Staffordshire: Photography for the Pevsner Guide to Staffordshire
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Connick’s Adventures in Light and Colour in 6 Images
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Gilbert Spencer: a Life in 6 Landscapes
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Art of the Grimoire: 7 Spell Books Through History
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The History of Europe’s Cities: A Reading List
Explore this collection on the history of Europe’s cities featuring books by Margarette Lincoln, Richard Cockett, Marek Kohn and more. You can shop this…
The Dead Sea: A Photo Gallery – Nir Arielli
The Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters…
Medieval Women: A Reading List
Explore this collection of books foregrounding medieval women as active leaders in political, religious, and cultural history. MatildaCatherine Hanley Matilda was a daughter, wife,…
Christmas at Chartwell with Churchill
An extract from Churchill’s Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm by Katherine Carter. The magic of Christmas at Chartwell was its constancy….
The History Behind Wolf Hall: A Reading List
For those captivated by the intricate power dynamics and compelling personalities of Wolf Hall, these essential reads delve into the real histories which inspired…
The Bloomsbury Photographs: 6 Images from the book
Through these six examples, author Maggie Humm highlights some of her favourite images included in the book
Under Cover of Darkness: An Extract
Fear was the unacknowledged spectre haunting the streets of London during the Second World War; fear not only of death from the German bombers…
Cottages Ornés: The Charms of the Simple Life
In this article, author Roger White introduces us to the architectural style of ‘cottage orné’, the subject matter of his book which has just…
The Story of Drawing in 6 Images
Drawing is personal and revealing. If you think of the painting or sculpture as the public performance, then drawing is where you can encounter…
Why I Became an X Troop Commando
Born in Germany in 1922, Colin Anson’s (Claus Ascher) childhood was marked by the trials of Nazism. His father was arrested by the Gestapo…
What defines women’s quest for beauty?
How has women’s quest for health and beauty changed over the last four hundred years? And what has been its impact on gender definition, social inequality and the sense of aging?
Women in Translation Month: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
The Cecile and Theodore Margellos World Republic of Letters series identifies works of cultural and artistic significance previously overlooked by translators and publishers, canonical works of…
James C. Scott: An Editor’s Reflections
Jean E. Thomson Black— Yale University’s remembrance of James C. Scott beautifully summarizes his life and career. We focus in this reflection on Jim’s…
Six People Who Shaped Madrid
by Luke Stegemann, cultural historian and author of Madrid: A New Biography — Unsurprisingly given its 1200 years of settlement and its role in…