Pope Idol: New book by Eamon Duffy asks ‘Who was the most influential Pope?’
Which popes have had the greatest impact on history? In his new book Ten Popes Who Shook the…
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From Bach to Berg: Piano virtuoso Charles Rosen examines how composers represent emotion
In his acclaimed book Music and Sentiment (out in paperback this month), the acclaimed pianist and writer Charles…
Elizabeth and Hazel: New book captures a snapshot of racial tension in America
Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock is an important new book from Yale about the two fifteen-year-old girls—one…
Author article by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair: Colour in Islamic Art and Culture
And Diverse are Their Hues (published last week by Yale University Press) is an exciting new book that…
Author Article by economic commentator Lyric Hale: Could Japan Lead the Way?
Continuing her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale discusses political instability in Japan, looking specifically at…
New Exhibition ‘Vermeer’s Women: Secrets and Silence’ opens at the Fitzwilliam
Yesterday saw the opening of ‘Vermeer’s Women: Secrets and Silence’ at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, which showcases the astonishingly…
William Nicholson exhibition opens today, accompanying a new catalogue raisonné
To celebrate the publication of William Nicholson: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings by Patricia Reed, the Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert…
New illustrated edition of Gombrich’s classic ‘A Little History of the World’ is published today!
E. H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World has become a cult classic since it was published…
Author Article by Aileen Ribeiro: On Beauty
Facing Beauty: Painted Women and Cosmetic Art is a wide-ranging new art history book, out this month from Yale University…
Jeffrey Herf’s ‘Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World’ has won the Sybil Halpern Milton Prize
Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World by Jeffrey Herf has won the 2011 Sybil Halpern Milton prize, awarded by…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: ‘Sturm und Drang’ and Rational Expectations
Continuing her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale provides fascinating insight into a series of influential…
Nigel Smith’s ‘Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon’ makes the shortlist for Best First Biography Prize
Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon, Nigel Smith’s definitive account of the British poet’s elusive life, has made the shortlist for the…
London Art Book Fair opens today!
The London Art Book Fair 2011 opens today at the Whitechapel Gallery and runs from 23 – 25…
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…
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…