Dirty Old London: 30 days of filth: Day 1
Throughout this month, in the run-up to publication of his new book in October, Lee Jackson reveals the background to Dirty Old London: The Victorian…
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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
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Why I Became an X Troop Commando
Read More -
Six People Who Shaped Madrid
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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
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Tracking Down Eighteenth-Century Optimists and Pessimists – By Penelope J. Corfield
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Death of Venice? An alternative history
To coincide with the historical festa del redentore in Venice on July 19th-20th, we’ve prepared a blog that looks at a different take on…
Voyaging in Strange Seas: An Interview with David Knight
‘A mind for ever voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone…’ – William Wordsworth, The Prelude The metaphor of science as a voyage of discovery…
Exposed: Lingerie Through Time
Spanning the mid-18th Century to the present, Exposed: A History of Lingerie demonstrates the enduring importance of fashion in women’s private lives. With clothing from some…
Yale History Highlights 2014
Spanning some eleven millennia, the new Yale University Press History Catalogue brings together new and bestselling books that explore a wide range of historical…
Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World
Jonathan Swift is best remembered today as the author of Gulliver’s Travels, the satiric fantasy that quickly became a classic and has remained in…
History Catalogue 2013: Retrospectives from Yale University Press
These titles, selected from the Yale University Press 2013 History Catalogue, offer in depth retrospectives of extraordinary events, people and places from across history. The collection…
Pliny and the Artistic Culture of the Italian Renaissance
Pliny’s Natural History (A.D. 77-79) served as an indispensable guide to and exemplar of the ideals of art for Renaissance artists, patrons, and theorists….
‘The Marquess of Queensberry: A Fractured Life’. Author Article by Linda Stratmann
The Marquess of Queensberry is perhaps as famous for destroying one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules…
Mark Harrison, author of ‘Contagion’, explores the complex and deep-seated anxieties which often accompany trade between nations
In the summer of 2008 I visited Seoul to give lectures at a symposium on medical humanities. Having never visited South Korea before, I…
New from Yale: ‘The Crusader States’ Article by author Malcolm Barber
I’ve always enjoyed football, but it soon became evident that I was more suited to writing history than scoring goals… Nevertheless, it is possible…
Capital Punishment: Extract from ‘Hitler’s Berlin: Abused City’ by Thomas Friedrich
In Hitler’s Berlin: Abused City, Thomas Friedrich explores how the German capital captivated Hitler’s imagination and how he sought to redesign the city to align…
Power and Peerage: Author article by ‘Making Ireland English’ author Jane Ohlmeyer
Making Ireland English by Jane Ohlmeyer explores the remaking of Ireland’s aristocracy during the tumultuous seventeenth century and offers a major new interpretation of the role…
Top Brass – The Trumpet and its Legacy: Author article by John Wallace
Trumpeter John Wallace is Principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. His book The Trumpet, co-authored with Alexander ‘Sandy’…
Author Article by Charles Carlton: How War Shaped the British Isles
This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485-1746 by history professor Charles Carlton is an innovative and moving new book which explores the glorious…