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What does it mean to be British? To answer this, Multiracial Britishness: Global Networks in Hong Ko
Today I’m speaking with Bernd Roeck about his book, The World at First Light: A New History of the R
The 1960s continue to hold an almost mythical place in Western culture, particularly in Britain, whe
In Bookish Words & their Surprising Stories (Bodleian, 2025) by Dr. David Crystal, explore how b
The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du
Chris Horton is a freelance journalist who has been based in Taiwan since 2015, before many Western
China, famously, built the Great Wall to defend against nomadic groups from the Eurasian steppe. For
In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of sc
The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hit
The Unseen History of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2025) locates and describes almost
We all know about art forgeries, but why write fake classical music? In Forgery in Musical Compositi
Culinary Claims: Indigenous Restaurant Politics in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2025) by Dr.
Lost Animals, Disappearing Worlds: Stories of Extinction (Reaktion, 2025) by Reverend Barbara Allen
Imagine a world in which clothing wasn't superabundant – cheap, disposable, indestructible – but per
A quintessential feature in Western gardens and landscaping, the lawn is now at the center of a clim
In 1818, a curious root arrived in a small English village, tucked—seemingly by accident—in a packin
From In Borneo, the Land of the Head-Hunters to The Epic of Everest to Camping Among the Indians, th
Today’s episode is a conversation with Dr. Elise Franklin whose first book, Disintegrating Empire: A
It seems beyond doubt, since 9/11, that the main responsibility of intelligence and security service
In Ghosts and Their Hosts: The Colonization of the Invisible World in Early America (University of V
