Staff Pick: London
This month, Yale University Press London staff voted for their favourite book on the theme of ‘London‘. Find out which books they recommended and why. April’s…
Helen Fry
Illustrating Spymaster by Helen Fry: A Q&A with Rui Ricardo
Thomas Kendrick (1881–1972) was central to the British Secret Service from its beginnings through to the Second World War. Under the guise of “British Passport…
Staff Pick: Women of Wonder
Yale London Staff recommends their favourite authors on International Women’s Day
The men behind MI9’s Q-gadgets: Christopher Clayton Hutton and Charles Fraser Smith
MI9’s ‘Q-gadgets’ have made it into the public imagination through the adventures of James Bond. But who was behind their invention? Helen Fry reveals…
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 Britain’s most notorious World War II…