Modern

Beers, Spades, and Sumphole Nobby: Navvies, the...

‘It may be doubted whether there is in England any class of men which, as a class, has produced greater results and attracted less attention than the navvies.’ Above, is...

Beers, Spades, and Sumphole Nobby: Navvies, the...

‘It may be doubted whether there is in England any class of men which, as a class, has produced greater results and attracted less attention than the navvies.’ Above, is...

The Tudor Curse by Tim Hasker-Sarchet

In August 1485, Henry Tudor emerged from the chaos of civil conflict to seize the English crown at the Battle of Bosworth. His triumph over Richard III inaugurated a dynasty...

The Tudor Curse by Tim Hasker-Sarchet

In August 1485, Henry Tudor emerged from the chaos of civil conflict to seize the English crown at the Battle of Bosworth. His triumph over Richard III inaugurated a dynasty...

Heroism, Cannibalism, and the Place of Judith i...

The Nowell Codex, one half of the Cotton Vitellius A. xv. manuscript, occupies a central place in the study of Old English literature. It is most renowned for preserving the...

Heroism, Cannibalism, and the Place of Judith i...

The Nowell Codex, one half of the Cotton Vitellius A. xv. manuscript, occupies a central place in the study of Old English literature. It is most renowned for preserving the...

A Harlot’s Progress: Prostitution in 18th Centu...

On the 25th of March, 1763, famed diarist James Boswell wrote an excerpt on the proceedings of the day. Boswell writes, “I went to St. James’s Park and like Sir...

A Harlot’s Progress: Prostitution in 18th Centu...

On the 25th of March, 1763, famed diarist James Boswell wrote an excerpt on the proceedings of the day. Boswell writes, “I went to St. James’s Park and like Sir...

The Book of Margery Kempe by Sara Hayter

Margery kempe is a disrupter: in life she transgressed the boundaries of expectations for her sex and status. Her story has been told through the lens of madness and mysticism,...

The Book of Margery Kempe by Sara Hayter

Margery kempe is a disrupter: in life she transgressed the boundaries of expectations for her sex and status. Her story has been told through the lens of madness and mysticism,...

Red Lipstick: An Ancient History by Ana Redondo

Marilyn Monroe's red pout; the most famous rouge in the world to date or perhaps the freedom fighting pout of the women in Britain during the suffragette movement. It is...

Red Lipstick: An Ancient History by Ana Redondo

Marilyn Monroe's red pout; the most famous rouge in the world to date or perhaps the freedom fighting pout of the women in Britain during the suffragette movement. It is...