History, Observed: Victoria Schofield on John Wheeler-Bennett – historian, royal biographer and ‘witness to history’
John Wheeler-Bennett is not a household name but, in the mid-twentieth century, he knew virtually everyone who was….
British History
Punching Below our Weight: Frank Ledwidge takes aim at military leaders with his new ebook short
Frank Ledwidge, author of the bestselling and controversial book on British military policy Losing Small Wars, returns with…
Painting Dickens: New book and exhibition explores the great novelist’s relationship with art
Charles Dickens was a remarkably visual writer. Soon to be published by Yale, Dickens and the Artists is a unique…
The Real Dr Dee: Author article by Glyn Parry
Historian Glyn Parry discusses the subject of his new biography The Arch Conjuror of England: John Dee, a book…
The ‘perfect world’ of the London Square: Author article by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
In this author article internationally renowned landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan flies the flag for the London square, the focus…
Arch Conjuror: New biography investigates the strange world of Dr John Dee
Earlier this year Yale published The Arch Conjuror of England, a biography of Dr John Dee, the great magus of…
Virginia Woolf’s Soho: Extract from ‘Nights Out’ by Judith Walkowitz
Judith Walkowitz, author of Nights Out, a new book on the history of Soho, discusses Virginia Woolf’s interactions…
Power and Peerage: Author article by ‘Making Ireland English’ author Jane Ohlmeyer
Making Ireland English by Jane Ohlmeyer explores the remaking of Ireland’s aristocracy during the tumultuous seventeenth century and offers a…
The life of a chameleon: Extract from Nigel Smith’s acclaimed biography of poet Andrew Marvell
Nigel Smith’s critically acclaimed biography Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon has just been published in paperback. Drawing on exhaustive archival research,…
The Light Fantastic: Turner Inspired opens at the National Gallery, London
Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude opens today at the National Gallery London, and explores the profound…
More than just a Gunboat Diplomat: Extract from David Brown’s biography of Lord Palmerston
Palmerston: A Biography was widely acclaimed upon its publication in 2010, for being the first comprehensive biography of the…
Review – Charles Dickens by Michael Slater
“The first thing to say is that the full title of this biography is Charles Dickens: a life…