Alex Johnson
Plans to save the cottage where writer and artist William Blake wrote the words of the hymn Jerusalem and turn it into a new centre celebrating his life and work are moving ahead following
The Huntington has re-acquired a 1543 first edition of De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body) by Andreas Vesalius which revolutionized the field of ana
Highlights from Bernard Quaritch's latest catalogue, Education, include: Library for Youth, or Book-Case of Knowledge (London: Printed for John Wallis … by T. Gillet or J. Cundee … 1800). Ten volumes…
Our regular look at the new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.
Some rare books suddenly find a whole new audience thanks to republication.
The life of women in medieval Europe is the focus of new displays which use manuscripts, documents and other artefacts to focus on their public and private lives through their own writings.
A rare example of a letter written in his almost indecipherable shorthand by
The only surviving copy of My New York Misadventure, Winston Churchill’s account of his near-death car collision in New York in December 1931, features in
Our regular look at the new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.
2025 will mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and Jan
