Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
In Regency England, the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance,…
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Queens of the Wild by Ronald Hutton: An extract
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Illustrating Playing with Fire: A Q&A with Jo Walker
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‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
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Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
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Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
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Nazi Germany and Modernist art
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Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
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Why Marx Was Right, by Terry Eagleton – an extract
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Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures
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Queens of the Wild by Ronald Hutton: An extract
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Illustrating Playing with Fire: A Q&A with Jo Walker
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‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
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Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
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Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
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Nazi Germany and Modernist art
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Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
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Why Marx Was Right, by Terry Eagleton – an extract
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Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures
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Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City
When last summer John Henderson published Florence Under Siege: Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City, he little…
The Elizabethan Image by Sir Roy Strong – An Extract
In November 1558, Elizabeth I ascended the throne and was confronted with a politically, socially, and culturally fractured…
Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become…
Nazi Germany and Modernist art
Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. During the war, the arts were closely…
CONTENT COLLECTION | IMC 2019
This year the International Medieval Congress takes place in Leeds on 1st–4th July. Over the course of four…
Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior – Catherine Hanley
Was Matilda a power-hungry she-wolf, as history portrays her, or a woman ahead of her time, fighting for…
Why Multilingualism Matters – A Q&A with Marek Kohn
In a world that has global English and translation technology, it’s easy to assume that the need to…
Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
‘Tis the season to be cosy! Winter has arrived and what could be better than curling up with…
The Kremlin Letters: David Reynolds on the correspondence of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
For nearly four years, and against all the odds, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Josef Stalin led the…
Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day by Guy Cuthbertson – An Extract
Armistice Day was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. In…
The Vampire – A Q&A with Nick Groom
Vampires have fascinated humanity for centuries. In his new book The Vampire: A New History, author Nick Groom examines…
‘Voynich & Books’: Claire L’Enfant remembered
Reflections on the life and legacy of inspirational publisher and mentor Claire L’Enfant by Heather McCallum I am…
Mussolini and Hitler – Christian Goeschel
Christian Goeschel- On 20 July 1944, a bomb exploded in the Wolf’s Lair, Adolf Hitler’s East Prussian Headquarters….
Reflections on Whistler’s Mother by Author Daniel E. Sutherland
Author Daniel E. Sutherland Reflects on the Extraordinary Woman – Whistler’s Mother Her name was Anna Matilda Whistler…