Cromwell: A Killjoy Regime?
The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I’s execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then…
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The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
Bookshop of the Month – Church House Bookshop, London
Our bookshop of the month for March is Church House Bookshop in Westminster, Church of England’s official bookshop….
Bookshop of the Month – Barbican, London
A very happy new year to all of our readers! We’ll be continuing our tour around the fabulous…
A Year in Yale Books
We know it’s only November, but here at Yale University Press, London, we’re very keen to provide some…
Lynda Nead explores post-war Britain, 1950s culture & The Tiger in the Smoke
To coincide with the launch of The Tiger in the Smoke by Lynda Nead – her third publication for…
Bookshop of the Month – The Word, London
For October’s Bookshop of the Month, we popped down to New Cross in South London to chat to…
Jack the Ripper vs. Women Against Violence Against Women, by John Bennett
In Mob Town: A History of Crime and Disorder in the East End, John Bennett delves into four…
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…
Parliamentary Bills of 1858’s One Hot Summer, by Rosemary Ashton
A unique, in-depth view of London during the record-breaking hot weather of 1858, Rosemary Ashton’s One Hot Summer uncovers crucial…
Bookshop of the Month – National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery Bookshop is our bookshop of the month for July! Housing one of the most…
Bookshop of the Month – Libreria Bookshop, London
For February’s bookshop of the month, we make our way to Shoreditch, London – where Libreria calls home….
Germaine Krull: Catalogue to the Show
“Germaine, you and I are the greatest photographers of our time, I in the old sense you in…
Fashion Underground: Introducing Susanne Bartsch
Susanne Bartsch has been the queen of New York City nightlife since the 1980s when she first became…
Bookshop of the Month: The National Theatre Bookshop
At the very heart of London’s South Bank – famous for its striking Brutalist concrete architecture – you…