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Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times

Throughout British history, the power of witchcraft, curses and black magic has endured. Whether in the 1800s or…

Annette Carruthers, Mary Greensted and Barley Roscoe discuss the life and legacy of Ernest Gimson on the 100th…

In Regency England, the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance,…

All Blogs, Fashion, Featured Post, The Art Blog May 21, 2019

Pencils, a sketchbook, cake, thimbles, keys, money, snuff – women and girls carried a startling array of things…

Don’t judge a book by its cover—or should you? Which books do you navigate towards when entering a…

How did Jan Tschichold help to form the New Typography in the early twentieth century? Why were he…

This year the Association for Art History’s Annual Conference takes place in Brighton from the 4–6 of April….

If you are finishing your PhD and considering publication or you are looking a publisher for your monograph…

All Blogs, Featured Post, Humanities, Interviews, Language February 18, 2019

In a world that has global English and translation technology, it’s easy to assume that the need to…

Is writing more your new year’s resolution? Whether you are finishing up a first draft or going through…

‘Tis the season to be cosy! Winter has arrived and what could be better than curling up with…

History, Humanities, News, Publishing June 24, 2014

Spanning some eleven millennia, the new Yale University Press History Catalogue brings together new and bestselling books that…

Little History October 5, 2013

Books have always had the power to make authorities rather uncomfortable. Sometimes it’s because the novel makes the…

Biography, Little History June 23, 2013

History is rife with examples of persecuted scientists—think Rhazes, Galileo, and Servetus, for starters—but it would be a…

Little History, Philosophy June 5, 2013

How could humans have committed all those atrocities that characterised the Holocaust? Were they all monsters and sadists,…