‘Working Mothers’ – An extract from Bread Winner by Emma Griffin
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all keep on reading over the coming…
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Mrs Delany: A Life by Clarissa Campbell Orr – An Extract
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all keep on reading over the coming…
A Schoolmaster’s War – an extract from Harry Rée’s wartime diaries
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all keep on reading over the coming…
Q&A with Nick Morley, illustrator of A Little History of Poetry
Each book in our Little Histories series is illustrated by a different contemporary artist-illustrator, whose specially commissioned work is designed to enliven and enhance…
Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World’s Greatest Scientist
In autumn 1933, Albert Einstein found himself living alone in an isolated holiday hut in rural England. There, he toiled peacefully at mathematics while…
January’s Bookshop of the Month – Camden Arts Centre Bookshop
Happy Year to all our readers! We are continuing our bookshop tour in 2020 starting with the vibrant Camden Arts Centre Bookshop. Camden Arts…
A Jane Austen Christmas
The month of December sees festivities held across the globe, but in 1775 a family in Steventon, England were celebrating for an entirely different…
‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
What did the crusades ever do for us? This clash of medieval civilizations is defined by warfare, but over the course of its two hundred…
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 the early 2000s, when disasters struck…
Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
In Regency England, the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, had to make a crucial decision:…
How to Design Beautiful Books – Alex Kirby on Book Design
Don’t judge a book by its cover—or should you? Which books do you navigate towards when entering a bookshop? A captivating cover can have…
The Road Before Me Weeps by Nick Thorpe – An Extract
War and chaos in Syria and Iraq, violence in Afghanistan, and hopelessness in countries bordering war zones have spurred several million refugees and migrants…
Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
‘Tis the season to be cosy! Winter has arrived and what could be better than curling up with a cuppa and a book? Whether…
Rousseau to Nietzsche: Frank M. Turner & European Intellectual History
Frank M. Turner (1944 – 2010) forged his entire career at Yale University, where he was John Hay Whitney Professor of History, Director of the Beinecke…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 27
‘The capital was increasingly blighted by darker, longer visitations of gloom; and doctors were able to collect more and more data on the public…
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