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Man’s best friend? Sniffing out dogs in the records of early modern Scotland
Read more: Man’s best friend? Sniffing out dogs in the records of early modern ScotlandFrom royal gifts to diabolic manifestations, Nicole Maceira Cumming explores the varied ways dogs appear in the historical record
George Mackay Brown and the Scottish Catholic Imagination

What do you imagine when you think about great Catholic art? Perhaps you call to mind the gilded pages of…
Scottish Migration Since 1600

Migration today is an increasingly contentious, even toxic, issue. It is being held responsible for Brexit, the coming to power…
Top 10 Modernist Manifestos from Britain and Ireland

During the early 20th century avant-garde countries like France, Italy, Russia, and Germany provided fertile ground for manifesto writing: Dada,…
Living Modernly’s Living Quickly: A Note on Travelling Light

By Emily Ridge He who travels light is in a fair way to travel happily. But the happy state is…
Chastity and Capitalism, from Shakespeare’s England to Trump’s America

By Katherine Gillen Interest in Shakespeare’s economic philosophy intensified in the wake of the 2008 financial crash, reaching beyond academic circles…
OLR 40th Anniversary – Jacques Derrida

Welcome to July! This month we are doubly celebrating as, not only does OLR keep embracing the ripe age of…
An Intricate Transatlantic Triangle: US, UK and German Relations

Since the Federal Republic of Germany’s admission into NATO in 1955, German–American relations have been a cornerstone of transatlantic and…
An unfinished masterpiece by Robert Louis Stevenson

By Gillian Hughes Many of Stevenson’s longer works of fiction might be characterised as historical novels: in Weir of Hermiston Stevenson…
OLR 40th Anniversary – Bill Readings

At just the age of 34, Bill Readings sadly died in a plane crash. He left behind a legacy of…