Of Life and Limb
November 5, 2019
Patching up scratches and scrapes is a natural part of childhood, but what if stopping a bleeding cut required amputation rather than a Band-Aid? Until quite recently this was the… READ MORE
November 5, 2019
Patching up scratches and scrapes is a natural part of childhood, but what if stopping a bleeding cut required amputation rather than a Band-Aid? Until quite recently this was the… READ MORE
October 28, 2019
Major Hayman Rooke – soldier, landscape historian, antiquarian, amateur archaeologist – is the fascinating subject of Emily Sloan’s new book. But who was he and how did Dr Sloan piece… READ MORE
October 23, 2019
Dr Gareth Atkins’ new book examines the political and social impact of Evangelicalism around the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Just how did William Wilberforce and his Evangelical contemporaries… READ MORE
October 22, 2019
John Gower’s poetry offers an important and immediate response to the turbulent events of his day. Here Professor Stephen H. Rigby, editor of Historians on John Gower (with Siân Echard),… READ MORE
October 18, 2019
The Isokon building, better known as the Lawn Road Flats, in north London is a stunning modernist building that was – no pun intended – groundbreaking when built in the… READ MORE
October 16, 2019
Dr Audrey Thorstad introduces her new book, the first multi-disciplinary study of the cultural and social milieu of the post-medieval castle. In March 2019, Historic Environment Scotland reported that over… READ MORE
October 15, 2019
As the paperback edition of her book is published, Fiona Cowell explains how an interest in the history of her house started a long journey that would culminate in the… READ MORE
October 11, 2019
Two years ago, I was approached by Camden House about the possibility of editing a series on women and gender in German studies. Since gender studies is close to my… READ MORE
October 7, 2019
We have just come back from six days in Italy, in Umbria, where the temperature hit 40 C, which more or less defeated the air conditioning. We were there because… READ MORE
October 4, 2019
In this interview Dr. David Potts gives us an insight into what led him to begin his research on Tanzania, the different perspectives and opinions in his recent publication and… READ MORE