Gardens and Gardening by Jill Francis
The extravagant gardens of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British aristocracy are well-documented and celebrated, but the more modest…
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The Royal Academy of Arts: History and Collections – by Robin Simon
To mark the occasion of the opening of the New RA on 19 May 2018 and the celebration of…
Bookshop of the Month – Barton Books, Penzance
We take a trip to the south coast this month to Barton Books in the Cornish town of…
International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
To celebrate both International Women’s Day and the centenary of women’s suffrage in Britain, we’ve taken a look…
Gluck: Art and Identity
A notable highlight of the autumn-winter 2017 exhibition calendar is Gluck: Art and Identity at Brighton Museum and…
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…
The Limits of Tolerance and Ancient Greek Mythology by Emily Katz Anhalt
Emily Katz Anhalt— The ancient Greeks were open-minded without being tolerant. They didn’t devise the world’s first-ever democracy…
ISIS, Christianity, and the Pact of Umar by David J. Wasserstein
David J. Wasserstein— When ISIS forces took the Iraqi city of Mosul in the summer of 2014,…
Celebrating a new Pevsner guide: Ruth Harman asks, West Riding South – Where Are The Women?
An eagerly anticipated and newly updated Pevsner county guide to Yorkshire West Riding is published this autumn, written…
Jack the Ripper vs. Women Against Violence Against Women, by John Bennett
In Mob Town: A History of Crime and Disorder in the East End, John Bennett delves into four…
Unfinished Business: The North Atlantic Crisis and Its Aftermath By Tamim Bayoumi
It is nine years since Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and the world changed. Gone were blithe assumptions of increasing…
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…
Secret Intelligence and the Freedom of Information – by Helen Fry
In her new book, The London Cage, historian Helen Fry reveals what life was like in one of…
Bookshop of the Month – Janette Ray, York
For September’s Bookshop of the Month, we chose Janette Ray in the lovely historic city of York. Janette…
Mortuaries, Medicine and Money by Naomi Pfeffer
The existence of for-profit cadaver purveyors is no secret. Yet, it remains a largely invisible issue. Naomi Pfeffer’s…