Humanities

All Blogs, Biography, Humanities, Literature April 18, 2018

Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures

Astrid Lindgren created one of the most beloved and groundbreaking characters in children’s literature: Pippi Longstocking. To mark…

In his new book The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia, Mark Galeotti explores the underground world of the Russian mafia,…

British History, European History, History, Naval history April 10, 2018

Margarette Lincoln offers five things that you may not know about London’s maritime world in the age of…

This year, we’re delighted to be publishing Terry Eagleton‘s tenth work with Yale, Radical Sacrifice, a weaving and cross-cultural examination…

Extracts, Featured Post, Philosophy March 15, 2018

We’re thrilled to be publishing Terry Eagleton’s latest work, Radical Sacrifice. Written in Eagleton’s trademark piercing and erudite…

All Blogs, Biography, Extracts, Humanities March 8, 2018

Discover the woman behind the portrait. Anna Whistler, the subject of the iconic portrait, Whistler’s Mother raised one of the…

To celebrate both International Women’s Day and the centenary of women’s suffrage in Britain, we’ve taken a look…

History, Medieval History February 26, 2018

This transcript is an edited extract from an interview conducted by the new Hedghog & Fox podcast at…

Feminism, Interviews, Jewish Studies, The Art Blog, Videos February 21, 2018

‘She found herself facing the question of whether to commit suicide or to undertake something wildly crazy.’ –…

Art, Art History, History, The Art Blog January 18, 2018

A Day at Home in Early Modern England is co-authored by art historian Tara Hamling and literary scholar…

Literature, Religion January 9, 2018

David Bentley Hart, one of our most celebrated writers on religion, has undertaken a huge task to offer us…

As we near the publication of Journeying, Claudio Magris’s third book in translation with YUP, it seemed timely to…

British History, Fashion, Interviews, The Art Blog November 17, 2017

We spoke to Eleri Lynn, fashion historian and curator responsible for the dress collection at Historic Royal Palaces,…

Featured Post, Literature, Prizes and Competitions November 17, 2017

Competition time! How must a nonfiction writer imagine facts, vivifying them to bring them to life? How must…

All Blogs, Extracts, Humanities, Politics, Sociology, USA November 14, 2017

Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage: The Revolt of the Excluded explores unrest in contemporary urban communities. Using examples from all over…