
Bookshop of the Month – Penrallt Gallery Bookshop, Machynlleth
For April’s bookshop of the month, we head over to mid Wales where Diana and Geoff run the beautiful…
For April’s bookshop of the month, we head over to mid Wales where Diana and Geoff run the beautiful…
For March’s bookshop of the month, we are delighted to have chosen the Bell Bookshop in Henley-on-Thames. We spoke to Hilary,…
‘The great age of the royal progress ended with the Civil War, but members of the royal family…
In an article to mark 800 years since Louis VIII was proclaimed king of England – on 2…
This month we head to Warwickshire for our bookshop of the month. Located in the central Market Place,…
This month’s Bookshop of the Month is the lovely Grove Bookshop, located in Ilkley on the edge of the…
Easter and Medieval Food by Chris Woolgar, author of The Culture of Food in England, 1200–1500 Chocolate eggs,…
The subject of stained glass windows has become an increasingly important aspect of the Pevsner guides, both in…
‘The counties of England implicitly argue in their architecture that our ancestors knew what they were about and…
Nineteenth-century Britain produced some of the most notable and innovative landscape painters of all time and saw the…
General Election 2015. Get Ready! Get Reading! The UK general election is fast approaching. Despite current Prime Minister…
David Turner, author of The Old Boys: The Decline and Rise of the Public School, examines the controversial issues of education…
‘Grey towers of Durham, Yet well I loved thy mixed and massive piles’, proclaimed Sir Walter Scott. New…
The award-winning Mary Queen of Scots (2018) proves that the Scottish Queen remains as fascinating a figure as…
Today, courtesy of our colleagues at the Huntington Gallery, the Yale Books Blog shares a guest post from…