Easter & Medieval Food – by Chris Woolgar
Easter and Medieval Food by Chris Woolgar, author of The Culture of Food in England, 1200–1500 Chocolate eggs,…
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The Secret Poisoner: An Introduction
Linda Stratmann‘s latest book – and BBC Radio 2 Book Club’s recent choice – The Secret Poisoner: A Century…
Aubrey Beardsley, Oscar Wilde and Salome
Aubrey Beardsley, Oscar Wilde and Salome by Linda Gertner Zatlin, author of Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné …
Central Banks: The Only Game in Town? Review by Lyric Hughes Hale
Surrounded by sluggish growth, high rates of unemployment, growing financial instability and increased social tensions, pessimism about our…
Tristan Perich’s Art of Music by Patrick Coleman
Patrick Coleman, co-author of The Art of Music – Right now, one of the most exciting art exhibitions…
Elements of Power: What’s Behind the Screen of your Smartphone?
David Abraham on The Elements of Power Smartphone and tablet packaging doesn’t have an ingredients list. You might…
Mary I: England’s Catholic Queen
‘Edwards has comprehensively defeated a persistent and painful historical myth and replaced it with something more complicated, more…
The Rise & Fall of the Angevin Empire – by Richard Huscroft
‘The history of the Angevin Empire is not just one of kings, queens, warlords and saints.’ Author of…
The Persian Wars: Why We Must Attend to Sparta
‘The degree of originality in this book is remarkable.’ – Donald Kagan, author of The Peloponnesian War In…
The Two Futures of the Arab World, An Essay By Tarek Osman
Five years since the Arab uprisings, a political, cultural and social battle is still raging across the Middle…
Translating Karl Kraus & The Last Days of Mankind
Austrian satirist Karl Kraus’s famous Die letzten Tage der Menschheit – or in English The Last Days of Mankind – remains powerfully…
The Anglo-Saxon World: Kings and Early Christianity
Understanding the development of religion in the Anglo-Saxon world is pivotal to understanding the rest of this ancient…
Patrick Modiano’s Paris
Patrick Modiano’s Paris – Article by Mark Polizzotti, translator of Suspended Sentences & After the Circus Patrick Modiano’s…
A Beginner’s Guide to Wine, Part IV
With the holidays upon us and the weather turning colder, November and December offer plenty of opportunity for…
Dirty Coal – The Real Priority for the Paris Conference
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change – an annual meeting of all countries that want to take…