This interview explores how John Bull became a literary and political figure in Victorian newspaper poetry during the American Civil War and the Cotton Famine.
A new series rethinks the late Roman world, exploring its diversity, transformations, and wide-reaching historical significance.
This interview explores how Christine of France used Baroque court spectacles to shape political authority, global imagination, and cultures of consumption.
Belal Abu-Alabbas explores the making of the first comprehensive critical biography of Muhammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī.
Q&A with Reece Goodall, author of French Horror
Peter looks at how wartime Britain reshaped cinema-going on Sundays
Maggie Humm reflects on feminist criticism, life-writing, and Virginia Woolf’s influence.
Jeremy Mennis and Nilgun Anadolu-Okur trace the journey of William Still’s 19th century Underground Railroad records into their 21st century digital forms.
Naoise Murphy re-examines Irish women’s writing through queer and feminist perspectives, exposing how literary narratives can obscure violence and postcolonial complexity.
Ana Balda uncovers Wladzio D’Attainville's crucial impact on Cristóbal Balenciaga's fashion empire.