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Q&A: Television Drama in Mexico
Read more: Q&A: Television Drama in MexicoPaul Julian Smith reflects on visiting Mexico City whilst researching his new book.
Iranian Literature after the Islamic Revolution in Five Questions
By Laetitia Nanquette Laetitia Nanquette, author of Iranian Literature after the Islamic Revolution: Production and Circulation in Iran and the…
St. Helen’s, the East India Company and Shakespeare
by Geoffrey Marsh Wednesday 31 December 1600 is one of the pivotal dates in English history. It was not only…
Stars in Cars: A Look at Italian Vehicular Stardom
by Alberto Zambenedetti Sophia Loren relaxing by the side of the road, next to her broken-down Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing.…
Q&A with Mark Mclay, author of ‘The Republican Party and the War on Poverty: 1964–1981’
Tell us a bit about your book. My book is on recent American political history. It examines the Republican Party’s…
The Library of Comfort
by Jürgen Pieters The painting on my new book’s cover was made by the Viennese artist Friedrich Frotzel (1898-1971). Its…
Centering the Victim
Niamh Thornton, co-editor of Legacies of the Past explores the changing role of the victim in discussions of violence. A…
Three ways that human rights impact assessment can improve consistency between economic law and human rights law
By Caroline Dommen It is perplexing to observe how often States ignore their international legal commitments in one area of…
The Lost Splendour of Ghazni: Rediscovering an Islamic Capital in Medieval Afghanistan
By Viola Allegranzi Located in present-day Afghanistan, Ghazni was once a prosperous commercial and cultural centre at the crossroads of…
Five Interesting Neighbours of Shakespeare in the 1590s
by Geoffrey Marsh Who were the most interesting ‘neighbours’ of that Living with Shakespeare explores? I tried to follow up…