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Who needs advice?
Read more: Who needs advice?Margaret Mullett investigates advice literature from Byzantine texts to modern self-help culture.
How to Find Persians in Egypt: The Archaeology of Achaemenid Egypt
When I first proposed to write about the Persians in Egypt, in a seminar at the University of Michigan, my…
Cute Ecologies: Beatrix Potter, Mushrooms and Miniature Worlds
Once known primarily as the author of ‘twee’ children’s books about fastidious mice and naughty rabbits, Beatrix Potter has gained…
Three fun ways to create a medieval Arabic manuscript
From recycling to creating huge anthologies, Konrad HIrschler looks at some innovative ways that book lovers created their medieval Arabic manuscripts.
Robert Louis Stevenson and Character Creation
Audrey Murfin explores Robert Louis Stevenson and his methods of Character Creation
Émile Benveniste and the Last Lectures
John J. Joseph, editor of Last Lectures, talks about the process of bringing Émile Benveniste to an English-speaking audience. ‘It’s…
Sublime goals? Sport and the egalitarian sublime
James Williams argues that one of the main lessons of the search for an egalitarian sublime is that exceptional achievements in sports should not be called 'sublime'.
Obscure no more: Brexit and the Nobile Officium
What is The nobile Officium? It had previously been regarded as obscure, and few people had even heard of it, but that was all set to change with Brexit.
Christmas hauntings
Catherine Belsey discusses our love for ghost stories. Follow her on a spine-tingling journey of our facination with Christmas hauntings.
A forgotten rivalry in the Caucasus: 30 years of Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict
Laurence Broers writes on the 30-year Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict: one of the most embittered territorial disputes in the world.