Connick’s Adventures in Light and Colour in 6 Images
The life and work of Charles J. Connick (1875-1945), America’s foremost stained glass artist working in the first half of the twentieth century, is…
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Understanding the US Election
Yesterday saw the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the run up to the 2020 US presidential election on 3rd November….
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: the United States of America
As an aid to students, teachers and parents, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History…
The World the American Revolution Made
The imperial American Revolution altered forever the lives of everyday people, ravaging communities and sending thousands of individuals to new homes in distant lands,…
Who Loves Ferguson? – An Extract from Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage
Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage: The Revolt of the Excluded explores unrest in contemporary urban communities. Using examples from all over the world, Dikeç argues that urban uprisings stem…
What Are Brothers For? – Warner Bros, An Extract
The Warner brothers formed one of the most iconic and powerful movie studios of the 20th century, delighting audiences with many now classic films…
The Paleo Diet and Ancient Civilisation, by James C. Scott
In his latest work, Against the Grain, James C. Scott explores why humans abandoned hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and…
Battle for Syria, Part Two: US Foreign Policy & the Syrian Conflict
In his new book, The Battle for Syria, Christopher Phillips describes the Syrian conflict as both a symptom and a re-enforcer of a perceived decline…
The Growth of Presidential Power – by Benjamin Ginsberg
From Presidential Government by Benjamin Ginsberg — For most of the nineteenth century, the presidency was a weak institution. In unusual circumstances, a Jefferson, a Jackson,…