Eclectic and Inclusive: Inside the Association of Art Historians Conference 2017
This year the Association of Art Historians Annual Conference will focus on inclusivity and diversity in the field…
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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…
Secular Buddhism by Stephen Batchelor – An Extract
Mindfulness meditation in the West has become a common practice. Many of its Western practitioners, however, do not…
Praetorian by Guy de la Bédoyère – an extract
In his latest work, Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Imperial Bodyguard, Guy de la Bédoyère traces the…
Decarbonisation and the fossil fuels – what happens next? by Dieter Helm, Part 3 of 3
Dieter Helm, author of Burn Out, asks whether oil, gas and coal company executives should be quaking in their…
Riots, Technology and Gender Equality: Author Colleen Hill on Paris Fashion in the Sixties
Colleen Hill is associate curator at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. The exhibition…
Digitalisation: The Deadly Threat to Fossil Fuels by Dieter Helm, Part 2 of 3
Industry expert Dieter Helm states that an energy revolution is under way. Below, he controversially surveys existing and future…
Trump Gets Lucky on Energy by Dieter Helm, Part 1 of 3
The Trump narrative on energy is, like his on manufacturing, full of holes. But this might not matter…
Women Reporters at the Front Line by Ray Moseley
On International Women’s Day, Reporting War author Ray Moseley celebrates the outstanding work of the courageous women reporters of…
Picture a Revolution: Russian and Soviet Art Books from Yale
2017 marks a century since the revolutionary year that brought about the fall of the Russian Empire and…
Bookshop of the Month – Bell Bookshop, Henley-on-Thames
For March’s bookshop of the month, we are delighted to have chosen the Bell Bookshop in Henley-on-Thames. We spoke to Hilary,…
Criminal Politicians on the World Stage by Milan Vaishnav
In India, the world’s largest democracy, the symbiotic relationship between crime and politics has puzzled political analysts for…
An A to Z of Economics: Part 2 – by Niall Kishtainy
Welcome to part two of Niall Kishtainy’s A-Z of Economics. Compiled exclusively for the Yale Books Blog to celebrate the publication…
An A to Z of Economics: Part 1 – by Niall Kishtainy
To celebrate the publication of A Little History of Economics, we asked its author – writer, economist and historian Niall…
Q&A with Hazel Partridge, Illustrator of A Little History of Economics
Illustrating an abstract concept such as economics seems like a difficult task. However, it’s one that illustrator Hazel…