A Book Lover’s Gift Guide: History Lovers
This winter we have gathered together some of our favourite books – books for Biography Buffs, History Lovers and Globetrotters – books for every Dedicated…
History
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Under Cover of Darkness: An Extract
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Why I Became an X Troop Commando
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Six People Who Shaped Madrid
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Art of the Grimoire: 7 Spell Books Through History
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What Stories Do Old Towns Tell?
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A Dickensland Extract: The Haunted Bridge
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75 years of Our NHS: an excerpt from Andrew Seaton’s new book
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In Search of the River Jordan
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What is ‘Liveliness’ in Tudor art? By Dr Christina Faraday
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Tracking Down Eighteenth-Century Optimists and Pessimists – By Penelope J. Corfield
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Under Cover of Darkness: An Extract
Read More -
Why I Became an X Troop Commando
Read More -
Six People Who Shaped Madrid
Read More -
Art of the Grimoire: 7 Spell Books Through History
Read More -
What Stories Do Old Towns Tell?
Read More -
A Dickensland Extract: The Haunted Bridge
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75 years of Our NHS: an excerpt from Andrew Seaton’s new book
Read More -
In Search of the River Jordan
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What is ‘Liveliness’ in Tudor art? By Dr Christina Faraday
Read More -
Tracking Down Eighteenth-Century Optimists and Pessimists – By Penelope J. Corfield
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The Shroud of Turin As A Ceremonial Easter cloth
In this blog, Yale UP author Charles Freeman writes about the significance of the Shroud of Turin, and how it came to be seen…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 24
‘They claimed the hint of mud added to the liquid’s vital properties.’ Throughout this month, Lee Jackson reveals the background to Dirty Old London: The…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 23
‘Sewer workers were sent to unblock tunnels clogged with everything from ‘coals, cinders, bottles, broken pots’ to ‘old hats, dead cats, scrubbing brushes’; and…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 22
‘As one contemporary put it, ‘People like to be buried in company, and in good company’.’ Throughout this month, Lee Jackson reveals the background…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 21
‘They built poorly-designed flat-bottomed sewers, prone to clogging and producing miasma.’ Throughout this month, Lee Jackson reveals the background to Dirty Old London: The Victorian…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 17
‘Doctors actively explored the worst parts of the capital. They sought out typhus cases and entreated landlords to fix windows (broken sash windows were…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 15
‘Remember, a filthy person indicates filthy habits; dirty in his apartments, he will be dirty in his mind; profligate in his amusements, unfit for…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 14
‘There was something of the fairground sideshow about this supposedly educational experience.’ Throughout this month, Lee Jackson reveals the background to Dirty Old London: The…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 11
‘Mud, I fear is immortal. Mud was, mud is, and mud will be. Dig what sewers we may, hollow what gutters we may, the…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 10
‘Though the dustmen may come regularly once a week and empty the dustbin, if it is carelessly filled with wet, decaying and putrefying things,…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 8
‘For many Victorians, the capital’s slums were not a source of misery but a profitable little investment.’ Throughout this month, Lee Jackson reveals the…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 4
‘Full of visionary enthusiasm, he also proposed to simultaneously beautify the city with various fountains, grottos and water features. There would also be a…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 3
‘The great cholera epidemic of 1831/32 would offer the first proof of the disastrous consequences of mixing water and sewage – and worse would…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 2
‘Few know that sweepers worked on defined ‘paved crossings’ – indeed, that the Victorians possessed a precursor of the modern ‘pedestrian crossing’.’ Throughout this…