Massacre by John Merriman – A Scholar’s Perspective
One of the most dramatic chapters in the history of nineteenth-century Europe, the Commune of 1871 was an…
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Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures
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The Ten Books of Terry Eagleton
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Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton, An Extract
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Whistler’s Mother by Daniel Sutherland & Georgia Toutziari, An Extract
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
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Claudio Magris
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Competition: Win a signed copy of Francis Spufford’s True Stories & Other Essays
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Who Loves Ferguson? – An Extract from Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage
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A Q&A with Devorah Baum, author of Feeling Jewish
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What Are Brothers For? – Warner Bros, An Extract
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Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures
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The Ten Books of Terry Eagleton
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Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton, An Extract
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Whistler’s Mother by Daniel Sutherland & Georgia Toutziari, An Extract
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
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Claudio Magris
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Competition: Win a signed copy of Francis Spufford’s True Stories & Other Essays
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Who Loves Ferguson? – An Extract from Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage
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A Q&A with Devorah Baum, author of Feeling Jewish
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What Are Brothers For? – Warner Bros, An Extract
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A Guide to Public Speaking – with David Crystal
To celebrate the publication of his new book The Gift of the Gab, we asked preeminent language specialist and public…
Eloquent, moi? by David Crystal
‘Crystal’s passion for his subject communicates quite brilliantly.’ – Stephen Fry on The Gift of the Gab David…
Bookshop of the Month – The Grove Bookshop
This month’s Bookshop of the Month is the lovely Grove Bookshop, located in Ilkley on the edge of the…
Aubrey Beardsley’s Feminism – An Illustrated Essay
by Linda Gertner Zatlin Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) and his sister Mabel (1871-1916) were close as children, a relationship…
The Past, Present, and Future of America and the Islamic World
The Past, Present, and Future of America and the Islamic World by Tarek Osman In 1801, the rulers…
Shakespeare400 – Why Hamlet?
‘Josipovici … has a nose for the big questions and for what doesn’t work as an answer. Best…
How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World: A Timeline
EXPLORE THE TIMELINE Click ‘continue’, then drag the pink box on the timeline to explore Homintern: How Gay…
In Praise of Forgetting: The Easter Rising
April 2016 marks the centenary of the Easter Rising, when a group of Irish nationalists staged a rebellion…
Shakespeare – The Poet of Them All
April 2016 marks 400 years since the death of Shakespeare, one of the greatest and most renowned poets…
Lawrence of Arabia’s War – An Introduction by Neil Faulkner
‘A misfit and maverick, a romantic and orientalist, an archaeologist and wartime intelligence officer, he was perhaps a…
Bookshop of the Month – The Book Case, Hebden Bridge
The Book Case Hebden Bridge is back in business, after several months of closure following floods that damaged…
Young Mr Turner: A Conversation with Eric Shanes
To delve very far inside Turner’s mind we need to get inside his art, for that is almost…
The Secret Poisoner: Interview with Linda Stratmann
The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder by Linda Stratmann – a BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice –…
Easter & Medieval Food – by Chris Woolgar
Easter and Medieval Food by Chris Woolgar, author of The Culture of Food in England, 1200–1500 Chocolate eggs,…