150 Years of Gilgamesh
The year 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the rediscovery of the Babylonian epic Gilgamesh. The epic had…
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Food Matters. So What?
When I was asked to consider writing Why Food Matters, I was told that this was not supposed…
Gift Guide
We have prepared a gift guide to help you find the perfect present for your loved ones. Click…
COP26: Climate Change — No 0.5°C are the Same
James Ladyman & Karoline Wiesner, authors of What is a Complex System?, explain the increases in atmospheric temperature…
COP26: The Problem of Resources in Early Modern Times
Henry Kamen, author of Early Modern European Society recounts the debate over resources and the themes of conservation…
COP26: Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future
Daniel Esty, editor of A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future explains the Zero Carbon…
COP26: Global Crisis
Geoffrey Parker outlines his book, Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century, and explores…
COP26: Synthetic Biology and Nature-Based Solutions
Kent H. Redford and William M. Adams, the authors of Strange Natures: Conservation in the Era of Synthetic…
COP26: Indigenous Voices in Global Soil (and Climate) Policy
Jo Handelsman, Kayla Cohen, Garth Harmsworth and Shaun Awatere tell us about the importance of soil and why…
Francis Barber and Black British History
Since the publication in 2015 of The Fortunes of Francis Barber (now reissued in paperback) there has been…
The Story of Stansted Park
Architecture is about many things – building style, social change, technological advance, but also the human needs and…
Coral Reefs – beauty and wonder lie within superficially simple stories about their residents
Anyone who has watched one or two documentaries about coral reefs will have heard about cleaning stations. A…
Palaces of Pleasure- Q&A with Lee Jackson
The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century’s growing industrialised class acquired the funds and the free…
The art of writing and reading poetry
by Lucy Newlyn Creativity is mysterious, and cannot be learned or taught. But the craft of poetry is…
A 16th-century Portuguese Plan of the Badi’ Palace
Writing a book is hard, but finding centuries-old primary sources of Moroccan royal households can be even harder….