Jewish History & Culture: Migration Stories
This first post in our new series on Jewish History and Culture looks at stories of movement and…
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What is it Like to Work at Yale University Press London?
Are you curious about working in publishing? Work in Publishing Week is a national campaign to inspire young…
Marking Time: Objects in Early Modern History
During the early modern period, people’s relationship with the concept of time and their personal experience of it…
Staff Pick: Politics and Elections
November is the month of the US presidential election so our theme for this month’s Staff Pick is Politics…
Marking Time: Objects, People & Their Lives, 1500-1800
How do we measure the days of our lives? Through more than 450 objects from an extraordinary private…
November’s Bookshop of the Month – Queen’s Park Books
We’re heading over to Queen’s Park Books for November’s Bookshop of the Month. Established in 2004 by the…
9 brilliant UK bookshops – as chosen by our authors
The author Neil Gaiman once said ‘A town isn’t a town without a bookstore’ and we couldn’t agree…
Pevsner Photo Competition | Your Favourite Building in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Photo Competition 2020 Many of you have been admiring Martine Hamilton Knight’s photographs from the new Pevsner…
A 16th-century Portuguese Plan of the Badi’ Palace
Writing a book is hard, but finding centuries-old primary sources of Moroccan royal households can be even harder….
The MI9 competition: How to decipher a letter encrypted with MI9 code
Try your hand at deciphering this MI9-inspired coded letter for a chance to win Helen Fry’s books on…
The men behind MI9’s Q-gadgets: Christopher Clayton Hutton and Charles Fraser Smith
MI9’s ‘Q-gadgets’ have made it into the public imagination through the adventures of James Bond. But who was…
“The Pocket” Design Competition | The Winners
In the summer of 2020, we asked dress history enthusiasts from across the globe to get crafty (18th…
Staff Pick: Magic and Witchcraft
October is the month of Halloween so our theme for this month’s Staff Pick is Magic and Witchcraft….
Conversations: Migration Stories
The global wave of protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd reminds us that we live in…
October’s Bookshop of the Month – Five Leaves Bookshop
This month’s Bookshop of the Month takes us to Five Leaves Bookshop, which is located on Nottingham’s High…