
Xerxes, The Builder of Persepolis: Part I
Xerxes, Great King of the Persian Empire from 486-465 BC, is the focus of a lively new biography…
Xerxes, Great King of the Persian Empire from 486-465 BC, is the focus of a lively new biography…
At the very heart of London’s South Bank – famous for its striking Brutalist concrete architecture – you…
‘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…
At 10 Curzon Street in Mayfair, London, you will find Heywood Hill – our bookshop of the month…
John Knox was the leader of the Protestant Revolution in Scotland during the 16th century. He was a…
General Election 2015. Get Ready! Get Reading! The UK general election is fast approaching. Despite current Prime Minister…
Our Bookshop of the Month heads north for April, up to the Topping & Company Booksellers of St…
Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840 opened appropriately on this year’s St. Patrick’s Day as a new exhibition at…
On 17th March people from around the world will be celebrating St Patrick’s day, the death date of the…
David Turner, author of The Old Boys: The Decline and Rise of the Public School, examines the controversial issues of education…
Cré na Cille or The Dirty Dust by Máirtín Ó Cadhain was originally published in 1949, but has only recently become available…
‘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…
A new group of deeply researched books covering the Art and Architecture of Ireland (AAI) in 5 volumes, is…