October’s Bookshop of the Month – The Little Ripon Bookshop
Our October Bookshop of the Month takes us to North Yorkshire and the charming Little Ripon Bookshop. This…
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Content Collection | New Scientist Live
New Scientist Live is an award-winning, mind-expanding festival of ideas and discoveries for everyone curious about science and…
Ernest Gimson: Past, Present & Future
Annette Carruthers, Mary Greensted and Barley Roscoe discuss the life and legacy of Ernest Gimson on the 100th…
Japanese Museums & The Rugby World Cup: A Traveller’s Guide
In autumn 2019, thousands of rugby fans will join the millions of tourists that visit Japan each year,…
September’s Bookshop of the Month – Far From The Madding Crowd
For September’s Bookshop of the Month, we headed up to Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland, to visit Far…
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,…
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
When last summer John Henderson published Florence Under Siege: Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City, he little…
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. …