Sex, Scripture and Status: Belinda Jack on the treatment of women readers throughout history
Published soon, The Woman Reader by Belinda Jack is the first book to address the controversies associated with…
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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…
Olympic Myth #1 – The Amateur Ideal: Author Article by Neil Faulkner
Neil Faulkner is the author of A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics. In this regular blog, he comments on…
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…
The Real Shostakovich? Extract from ‘Music for Silenced Voices’ by Wendy Lesser
Music for Silenced Voices by Wendy Lesser, published in paperback this month, is a biography of Shostakovich that views him…
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…
Beyond the Pharaohs: Met exhibition and catalogue explores the surprising origins of Ancient Egyptian art
The groundbreaking exhibition The Dawn of Egyptian Art opened at The Metropolitan Museum of Art this week. The…
A Very Personal Exorcism: Eugene O’Neill’s forgotten play and its links with ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’
The publication of Exorcism, an autobiographical play by the father of American theater Eugene O’Neill, is a thrilling discovery and a…
The Meaning of Mary: The latest edition in Yale’s ‘Spirit Of…’ series looks at the Holy Virgin
Yale’s pioneering ‘Spirit of…’ series is an enlightening collection of books that investigate the spirit and essence of…
American Gulag – The Shocking Legacy of Slavery: Author article by Lyric Hale
In the next instalment of her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale discusses the shocking exploitation of…
Carl Van Vechten and the Women of the Harlem Renaissance: Author article by Emily Bernard
Carl Van Vechten was a white man who played a crucial role in helping the Harlem Renaissance, a…
London 2012 versus Athens 388 B.C.: Interview with Neil Faulkner
It’s only a few months until the London 2012 Olympic Games kicks off this summer, but where did…
War Without the Shooting: Neil Faulkner discusses the ancient Greek Olympics in a video interview
A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics transports the reader to the games of 388 B.C., providing a lively…
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,…