My First Book at Boydell: Two Weather Diaries
August 14, 2019
I joined Boydell & Brewer in early December 2018, coming straight from a small, but very busy, marketing agency. Publishing was an industry I had always wanted to work in,… READ MORE
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In Conversation with James MacMillan: Part one of a three-part series
August 10, 2019
James MacMillan is a classical composer and conductor known for his orchestral, operatic and choral works. In May 2018 MacMillan met with Phillip A. Cooke to discuss the work on… READ MORE
Books to look out for in August 2019
August 2, 2019
What do English alabasters, apostate nuns and Aaron Copland have in common? They’re just three of the topics dominating our August releases. From the figure of the rogue to early… READ MORE
The Making of Victorian Bristol
July 24, 2019
Professor Peter Malpass has spent a great part of his life in Bristol and so it comes as no surprise that this is the area that he decided to focus… READ MORE
Royal Armouries and Boydell & Brewer announce collaboration
July 19, 2019
A Giant Leap in Arms & Armour Publishing Boydell & Brewer and the Royal Armouries are delighted to announce a new agreement which will see them work together on the… READ MORE
Poet, Diplomat, Politician: Pablo Neruda and I
July 12, 2019
“Poetry arrived in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where it came from, from winter or a river. I don’t know how or when, no, they were… READ MORE
10 Must-Read Short Stories chosen by leading American writers
July 11, 2019
In a celebration of the short-story form, leading American authors have selected their favourite short stories and written personal essays about why they love them. The personal essays, commissioned by… READ MORE
Bernhard Heisig, the most important German artist you’ve probably never heard of…
July 10, 2019
Indebted to Max Beckmann, Lovis Corinth, and Otto Dix, as well as the drawings of Adolf Menzel, Bernhard Heisig (1925-2011) was one of East Germany’s most important artists. Indeed, one… READ MORE
My First Time at the International Medieval Conference in Leeds
July 9, 2019
On Monday, the 1st July, I welcomed summer by taking a train from the Jewel of the East (Colchester) to the Big Smoke (London) and then on to the Knightsbridge… READ MORE
My First Book at Boydell: Manufacturing Africa
July 8, 2019
In May 1990 I was looking for more freelance editorial work and had come across the name of a publisher who by good fortune was not only based down the… READ MORE
Why we mustn’t forget Gideon Klein: Music triumphing in adversity