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5 Ukrainian Writers You Should Know About

5 Ukrainian Writers You Should Know About

Five notable Ukrainian writers that should be on your radar, ranging from 18th century satire to 20th century literary modernism. Browse some of their most famous work and learn their...

5 Ukrainian Writers You Should Know About

By Eleanor Moore

Five notable Ukrainian writers that should be on your radar, ranging from 18th century satire to 20th century literary modernism. Browse some of their most famous work and learn their...

Max Planck’s 'Das Prinzep der Relativität': The First Public Response to Einstein’s Special Relativity

Max Planck’s 'Das Prinzep der Relativität': The...

It may be surprising to learn that Einstein’s Special Relativity, one of the most important scientific theories ever constructed, didn’t cause an immediate sensation when it was published in 1905....

Max Planck’s 'Das Prinzep der Relativität': The...

By Laura Massey

It may be surprising to learn that Einstein’s Special Relativity, one of the most important scientific theories ever constructed, didn’t cause an immediate sensation when it was published in 1905....

The Writers and Artists of the Hutchinson Camp

The Writers and Artists of the Hutchinson Camp

Written by detainees of Hutchinson Internment Camp on the Isle of Man, 'The Camp Almanac' (1940-41) is a remarkable piece of history that tells the story of émigré artists and...

The Writers and Artists of the Hutchinson Camp

By Oliver Wood

Written by detainees of Hutchinson Internment Camp on the Isle of Man, 'The Camp Almanac' (1940-41) is a remarkable piece of history that tells the story of émigré artists and...

The Dullest Problem Imaginable: Francis Crick’s Handwritten PhD Notebooks

The Dullest Problem Imaginable: Francis Crick’s...

Before Francis Crick was famous for his work on the structure of DNA he actually attempted a PhD in physics. His three handwritten laboratory notebooks from that time provide remarkable...

The Dullest Problem Imaginable: Francis Crick’s...

By Laura Massey

Before Francis Crick was famous for his work on the structure of DNA he actually attempted a PhD in physics. His three handwritten laboratory notebooks from that time provide remarkable...

Travelling Women: Voices that Crossed Borders

Travelling Women: Voices that Crossed Borders

Learn about the great journeys taken on by woman travellers, including Emily Eden, Gertrude Bell, Ella Sykes, and Anna Brassey.

Travel & Exploration

Travelling Women: Voices that Crossed Borders

By Tomos Nutt

Learn about the great journeys taken on by woman travellers, including Emily Eden, Gertrude Bell, Ella Sykes, and Anna Brassey.

250th Anniversary of the Publication of 'The Wealth of Nations'

250th Anniversary of the Publication of 'The We...

Celebrating 250 years since the publication of Adam Smith's 'Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'

Philosophy History & Economics

250th Anniversary of the Publication of 'The We...

By Oliver Yarwood

Celebrating 250 years since the publication of Adam Smith's 'Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'

Conquering Everest | British Expeditions

Conquering Everest | British Expeditions

A narrative of the successive British expeditions into uncharted Everest territory by the brave Lieutenant-Colonel C. Howard-Bury, Brigadier-General. E.F. Bruce and Lieutenant-Colonel. E.F. Hugh Norton.

Travel & Exploration

Conquering Everest | British Expeditions

by Lucinda Boyle

A narrative of the successive British expeditions into uncharted Everest territory by the brave Lieutenant-Colonel C. Howard-Bury, Brigadier-General. E.F. Bruce and Lieutenant-Colonel. E.F. Hugh Norton.

Saving the Arabian Horse: A Connection Between the First Two Arab Studs

Saving the Arabian Horse: A Connection Between ...

The two great Arab horse studs were connected by more than just a desire to save the treasured Arab breed. They shared an entrepreneurial spirit, a respect and appreciation for...

Travel & Exploration

Saving the Arabian Horse: A Connection Between ...

The two great Arab horse studs were connected by more than just a desire to save the treasured Arab breed. They shared an entrepreneurial spirit, a respect and appreciation for...

Why Evolution Doesn't Appear in the First Edition of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species

Why Evolution Doesn't Appear in the First Editi...

You might be surprised to learn that the word evolution doesn't appear in any of the first five editions of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. We'll take a look...

Science & Nature

Why Evolution Doesn't Appear in the First Editi...

By Laura Massey

You might be surprised to learn that the word evolution doesn't appear in any of the first five editions of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. We'll take a look...

The Big World of Tiny Books : Miniature Books from the Islamic Department

The Big World of Tiny Books : Miniature Books f...

Exploring the miniature Qur'ans of David Bryce and Hans Steinbrener, published from the 1890s through the 1960s, including their remarkable use as talismanic pendants by British-Muslim troops during the First...

Near East & Islamic

The Big World of Tiny Books : Miniature Books f...

By Roxana Kashani

Exploring the miniature Qur'ans of David Bryce and Hans Steinbrener, published from the 1890s through the 1960s, including their remarkable use as talismanic pendants by British-Muslim troops during the First...

The Decline and Fall of Empires

The Decline and Fall of Empires

This week marks 250 years since the first publication of Edward Gibbon’s (1737-1794) era-defining History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

Philosophy History & Economics

The Decline and Fall of Empires

By Oliver Yarwood

This week marks 250 years since the first publication of Edward Gibbon’s (1737-1794) era-defining History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

A Giant Book of Tiny Birds: The First Edition of John Gould’s Hummingbirds

A Giant Book of Tiny Birds: The First Edition o...

A close look at ornithologist John Gould's magnificent six-volume book on hummingbirds, Monograph of the Trochilidae, and the remarkable process he used to mimic iridescent bird feathers.

Science & Nature

A Giant Book of Tiny Birds: The First Edition o...

by Laura Massey

A close look at ornithologist John Gould's magnificent six-volume book on hummingbirds, Monograph of the Trochilidae, and the remarkable process he used to mimic iridescent bird feathers.

Captain Cook's Voyages | The publishing phenomenon

Captain Cook's Voyages | The publishing phenomenon

 The publishing phenomenon around Captain Cook's Voyages

Travel & Exploration

Captain Cook's Voyages | The publishing phenomenon

by Tomos Nutt

 The publishing phenomenon around Captain Cook's Voyages

Behind the Door to Room 101

Behind the Door to Room 101

Orwell’s famous adage in joining the working-class cause ‘you’ve nothing to lose but your aitches’ was gloriously ironic for a man with one of the plumiest accents of his age.

Literature

Behind the Door to Room 101

by Adam Blakeney

Orwell’s famous adage in joining the working-class cause ‘you’ve nothing to lose but your aitches’ was gloriously ironic for a man with one of the plumiest accents of his age.

Five Iconic Illustrators Who Transformed Children's Books Forever

Five Iconic Illustrators Who Transformed Childr...

Meet the illustrators whose distinctive styles helped shape the golden age of children’s books — turning simple stories into unforgettable visual experiences.

Literature

Five Iconic Illustrators Who Transformed Childr...

Meet the illustrators whose distinctive styles helped shape the golden age of children’s books — turning simple stories into unforgettable visual experiences.