Author Article by Lyric Hale: Europe’s China Dreams Turned Upside Down
Continuing her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale looks at the Eurozone debt crisis, and how…
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Portrait of a Monster: New book from Yale explores the life and death of ‘Hitler’s Hangman’ Reinhard Heydrich
Hitler’s Hangman (published this month) is the chilling full biography of Reinhard Heydrich, the ‘Butcher of Prague’. One of…
Author Article by John France: Writing Military History
Perilous Glory is a major new history encompassing warfare around the world from 3100 B.C. to the Gulf…
The Life of a Style Icon: New Yale book reveals the real Daphne Guinness
Today sees the opening of the eagerly anticipated Daphne Guinness exhibition at the FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology)…
Author article by Peter Forbes: Convergence of the Twain – pattern formation in mimicry and camouflage
In his Warwick Prize-winning book Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage Peter Forbes tells the fascinating story of mimicry and…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: Europe on the Brink — A New Transatlantic Balance
If you have seen the news this morning you will have heard the exciting story that China is…
Author article by John Edwards: Mary I – The life of a Tudor biography
Mary I: England’s Catholic Queen by John Edwards is an authoritative new biography of the first Tudor queen. In his…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: Climate Change & US Presidential Politics
Last week, top economic commentator Lyric Hale examined the effects of natural disasters on political stability. This week, in…
From Athens to Afghanistan: ‘Perilous Glory’ by John France questions the notion of a Western way of war
Last month Yale published a major new military history book that has already been praised as a ‘work…
Author Article by Nigel Warburton: How E.H. Gombrich inspired me to write ‘A Little History of Philosophy’
Nigel Warburton’s A Little History of Philosophy is fast gaining critical acclaim (a recent review by the Guardian’s Julian Baggini said that…
Book of the Month: ‘The Making of the English Gardener’ by Margaret Willes
Our Book of the Month for September goes straight to the root of a true British obsession. The Making…
Author Interview: Nigel Warburton discusses ‘A Little History of Philosophy’
Nigel Warburton’s engaging book A Little History of Philosophy (published this month) introduces the great thinkers in Western…
Author Article by John Marriott: Uncovering the real history of East London
From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses, ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics, the area of East…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: Into the Eye of the Hurricane: Natural Disasters and Political Change
In last week’s installment of our weekly column from Lyric Hale, the What’s Next? author discussed the link between unemployment and…
The Medium is the Message: Books on poster art from the Soviet Union to the London Underground
Today we take a look at three Yale University Press books on poster art, each examining the medium…