Younger Sons of Regency England (Part II) – William Yescombe
In Regency England, the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance,…
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August’s Bookshop of the Month – The Portobello Bookshop, Edinburgh
We are proud to say that August’s Bookshop of the Month is The Portobello Bookshop, which opened in…
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,…
Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City – Florence Under Siege by John Henderson
In Florence Under Siege: Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City, John Henderson examines how a major city…
The Explorer’s Reward: A New Pevsner Guide to Central Leinster
The fifth publication in the Buildings of Ireland series, Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly explores a broad…
Bookshop of the Month – Housmans Bookshop, London
Just a stone’s throw away from London’s Kings Cross station is the radical Housmans Bookshop, our Bookshop of…
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…
Bookshop of the Month – The Aldeburgh Bookshop, Suffolk
We’re welcoming in the summer with a visit to the Suffolk coast and our June Bookshop of the…
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…
Travels Through West Sussex – The Pevsner Perspective
Yale’s quest to update and expand Nikolaus Pevsner’s iconic guides continues with the new edition of Sussex: West. …
Nazi Germany and Modernist art
Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. During the war, the arts were closely…
A “Pocket” History of Women’s Lives (1660-1900)
Pencils, a sketchbook, cake, thimbles, keys, money, snuff – women and girls carried a startling array of things…
CONTENT COLLECTION | IMC 2019
This year the International Medieval Congress takes place in Leeds on 1st–4th July. Over the course of four…
Bookshop of the Month – Brantwood House Bookshop, Cumbria
This month, we took a trip up to the Lake District to visit the Brantwood House Bookshop, our…
How to Design Beautiful Books – Alex Kirby on Book Design
Don’t judge a book by its cover—or should you? Which books do you navigate towards when entering a…