February’s Bookshop of the Month – Much Ado Books
For February’s Bookshop of the month we explored Much Ado Books in Alfriston, East Sussex – a bookshop…
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Staff Pick: Our Favourite Books of 2021
Happy New Year! Yale University Press, London staff recommend their favourite books of last year. Find out what…
Bookshop of the Month – A Review of 2021 in Bookshops
From Glasgow to Brighton and Fowey to Stockton-on-Tees, join us on a tour of the brilliant bookshops we…
150 Years of Gilgamesh
The year 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the rediscovery of the Babylonian epic Gilgamesh. The epic had…
Captain Cook Lays Waste to Moorea
This extract from Frank McLynn’s, Captain Cook: Master of the Seas, describes what happened in October 1777 when,…
January’s International Bookshop of the Month – Clarke’s Bookshop in Cape Town, South Africa
Clarke’s Bookshop has been on Long Street in the centre of Cape Town since 1957. Founded by Anthony…
Christmas in Medieval England
In this extract from Going to Church in Medieval England, author Nicholas Orme discusses the customs, feasts and…
December’s International Bookshop of the Month – twelvebooks in Tokyo, Japan
Founded in 2010, twelvebooks is a Tokyo-based distributor that works with international independent publishers to distribute and promote…
Christmas at the Country House
In this special festive blog, Yale author Clive Aslet welcomes us in to sit by a warm hearth…
Food Matters. So What?
When I was asked to consider writing Why Food Matters, I was told that this was not supposed…
Staff Pick: Gift Books
Look no further if you need a last minute gift for your loved ones. Our staff members recommend…
Gift Guide
We have prepared a gift guide to help you find the perfect present for your loved ones. Click…
December’s Bookshop of the Month – The Hepworth Wakefield
Rooted in the heart of Yorkshire, the Hepworth Wakefield is an art gallery, museum and creative space as…
The Presence of the Past in French Art, 1870-1905
French art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has been widely and richly studied. But modernism…
Staff Pick: COP26
To mark the occasion of the COP26 summit in Glasgow this month, we asked our colleagues to recommend…