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…
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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms by Catherine Hanley: an extract
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Queens of the Wild by Ronald Hutton: An extract
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‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
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Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
Read More -
Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
Read More -
Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
Read More -
Nazi Germany and Modernist art
Read More -
Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
Read More -
Why Marx Was Right, by Terry Eagleton – an extract
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Death of Venice? An alternative history
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Yale History Highlights 2014
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Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World
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History Catalogue 2013: Retrospectives from Yale University Press
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Pliny’s Natural History (A.D. 77-79) served as an indispensable guide to and exemplar of the ideals of art…