June 21, 2018
Published by York Medieval Press earlier this year, Anglo-Italian Cultural Relations in the Later Middle Ages has sparked a great deal of interest and a heartening flood of review requests…. READ MORE
June 19, 2018
On 15 June 2018, almost exactly two years to the day (16 June 2016) after the publication of the original hardback, the Boydell Press published the paperback edition of Dr… READ MORE
June 17, 2018
On 17 June, 1958, the hardback edition of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart was published by the London-based publishing house William Heinemann. The landmark novel, which follows the life of a fictional… READ MORE
June 15, 2018
I have been fortunate to spend my whole career performing the great literature of classical music which I’ve loved ever since I was a child. I’ve had wonderful teachers and… READ MORE
June 14, 2018
June sees the publication of Tomb and Temple, a collection of essays which explore the influence of the sacred buildings of Jerusalem on architecture worldwide. But such a simple description… READ MORE
June 10, 2018
Today marks the 107th birthday of eminent harpsichordist, scholar, and early music pioneer Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911-1984), perhaps best-known today for his interpretations and recordings of works by Baroque composers, notably… READ MORE
June 8, 2018
Vernacular Literary Theory from the French of Medieval England: Texts and Translations, c.1120-c.1450, edited by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Thelma Fenster and Delbert W. Russell was first published in hardback by DS… READ MORE
June 5, 2018
The slippery slope to murder, controversial deaths and the Medieval legal system are just some of the topics in this month’s books to look out for. Take a look at… READ MORE
May 31, 2018
Brecht, Weill and The Threepenny Opera are names practically synonymous with each other. However, little is known about the great theater producer behind its staging, Ernst Josef Aufricht, whose memoir,… READ MORE
May 25, 2018
Horses and the Aristocratic Lifestyle in Early Modern England William Cavendish, First Earl of Devonshire (1551-1626) and his Horses PETER EDWARDS Published in the spring, just in time for the… READ MORE
The origins of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
