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December 9, 2019
David Atkinson’s The Ballad and its Pasts: Literary Histories and the Play of Memory addresses the past of the ballad and the past in the ballad, arguing that ballads belong… READ MORE
December 9, 2019
David Atkinson’s The Ballad and its Pasts: Literary Histories and the Play of Memory addresses the past of the ballad and the past in the ballad, arguing that ballads belong… READ MORE
November 27, 2019
Todd Gray explains how he came about a new map of Exeter, which turned into the newest publication from the Devon and Cornwall Record Society: William Birchynshaw’s Map of Exeter,… READ MORE
November 21, 2019
Dr Scott Ayler introduces his new book, an annotated edition of the collected letters of the British missionary Henry Martyn. It was during a 15-month stint of relief work with… READ MORE
November 11, 2019
Here the editors of this major new collection explain the significance of marking the contribution made by Dissenters from the Church of England to the history and development of charity… READ MORE
November 6, 2019
Alec Cobbe introduces his new book about his reassembling of the Cobbe ‘peacock’ service, commissioned from the newly founded Worcester factory by his ancestor Lady Betty Cobbe in the mid-18th… 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 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