Navalny and the Evolution of the Opposition – an extract from Ben Judah’s ‘Fragile Empire’
First published in 2014, Ben Judah’s book Fragile Empire is the result of his travels throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics where he…
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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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England’s Cathedrals: A Timeline — by Nicholas Orme
Nicholas Orme’s The History of England’s Cathedrals is the first history of the life and activities of all English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury…
How the Georgians Celebrated Christmas – by Penelope J. Corfield
In The Georgians, Penelope J. Corfield explores every aspect of Georgian life – politics and empire, culture and society, love and violence, religion and…
Dickensian London in A Muppet Christmas Carol – Lee Jackson
Tourists have reimagined and reinvented the landmarks, streets, and alleys of Dickens’s London for more than 150 years. Take, for example, A Muppet Christmas…
Fairytale of Rothenburg – Marek Kohn
Marek Kohn, the author of The Stories Old Towns Tell, describes the Christmas market in the medieval German town of Rothenburg and reveals a…
When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Turned Black – 50 Years in 50 Books
When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black is the lost memoir of Britain’s first Black Olympic medal winner. After winning Olympic…
An extract from ‘Shakespeare in Bloomsbury’ by Marjorie Garber
2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s first folio, without which many of his works would have been lost. This preservation…
Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day — by Guy Cuthbertson
Armistice Day was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. In Peace at Last, author Guy Cuthbertson, associate…
The Gunpowder Plot: ‘The Most Horrible Treason’
5 November, 1605: A plot to blow up the House of Lords with gunpowder is thwarted when explosives expert Guy Fawkes is caught red-handed…
The European Union at 30 – an extract from ‘Circle of Stars’
November 1st 2023 marks the 30th anniversary since the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty, which established the European Union. This extract from…
Art of the Grimoire: 7 Spell Books Through History
In this article, author of Art of the Grimoire, Owen Davies has chosen seven texts – from across time and geographies – that show…
A Curious Tour of Dickens’s London
From vanishing coaching inns to submerged riverside stairs, hidden burial grounds to apocryphal shops, tourists have sought out the landmarks, streets, and alleys of…
What Stories Do Old Towns Tell?
Join Marek Kohn, author of The Stories Old Towns Tell, on a journey across Europe as he explores his favourite Old Towns and the…
October’s International Bookshop of the Month – Minoa Bookstore & Coffeeshop in Istanbul, Turkey
Minoa is an internationally renowned independent bookseller based in Istanbul, Turkey. The company owns five bookstores, with the flagship branch (Minoa Village) being situated…
A Dickensland Extract: The Haunted Bridge
From vanishing coaching inns and submerged riverside stairs to hidden burial grounds and apocryphal shops… In his new book Dickensland, Lee Jackson traces the…