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In this extract from Going to Church in Medieval England, author Nicholas Orme discusses the customs, feasts and ceremonies that occurred in church during…
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Christmas at the Country House
In this special festive blog, Yale author Clive Aslet welcomes us in to sit by a warm hearth as he gives a brief history…
Food Matters. So What?
When I was asked to consider writing Why Food Matters, I was told that this was not supposed to be an introduction to the…
Staff Pick: Gift Books
Look no further if you need a last minute gift for your loved ones. Our staff members recommend Yale books that are perfect gifts…
Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future
Daniel Esty, editor of A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future explains the Zero Carbon Action Plan and talks about why…
Global Crisis
Geoffrey Parker outlines his book, Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century, and explores how the lessons learned from the…
Synthetic Biology and Nature-Based Solutions
Kent H. Redford and William M. Adams, the authors of Strange Natures: Conservation in the Era of Synthetic Biology, explain why synthetic biology and…
Indigenous Voices in Global Soil (and Climate) Policy
Jo Handelsman, Kayla Cohen, Garth Harmsworth and Shaun Awatere tell us about the importance of soil and why the voices of indigenous people must…
Francis Barber and Black British History
Since the publication in 2015 of The Fortunes of Francis Barber (now reissued in paperback) there has been an outburst of interest in many…
Staff Pick: Reclaiming Magic
This month’s staff pick theme ‘Reclaiming Magic’ was inspired by the 2021 Summer Exhibition opened at the Royal Academy by Yinka Shonibare. October’s Staff Pick:…
The Story of the Country House | The Competition
Writers in the 19th century described country houses as their own ‘little kingdoms’: self-contained units with their own rulers, workers, and inhabitants whose lives…
The Story of Stansted Park
Architecture is about many things – building style, social change, technological advance, but also the human needs and dramas of the people who lived…
Long Live Socialism! – Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as a counterweight against the hyper-capitalism that…
Staff Pick: Holiday Reads
Our staff members recommend their favourite Yale holiday reads. A book you can read at the beach or at a cosy cottage by the…
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 of just a few million and…