Alex Johnson
If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to be at the controversial sale of the Luttrell Psalter in 1929, a virtual reenactment of two famous auctions will give you a glimpse.
2021 marks seventy years since the first volume in Anthony Powell’s twelve-volume series A Dance to the Music of Time was published (more on this in our
A major new collection focusing on the literary and scientific history of climate change dating back to the fifteenth century will go on display at
It’s always reassuring to discover other readers who revel in their bibliophilia.
A chair belonging to eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish novelist Laurence Sterne has returned to his home in Yorkshire 250 years after his death.
Those who enjoy visiting secondhand and antiquarian bookshops in the UK can once again plan their trips easily and reliably thanks to the regeneration of a much-loved online compendium,
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland celebrates the history of what early adopter Mark Twain called the “new-fangled writing machine.”
A new campaign to erect a statue of arguably England’s first professional female writer in her hometown is now underway.
The intriguing story of how Oliver Twist literally set Charles Dickens’ pulse racing is recounted in a new exhibition at the Charles Dickens Museum in London.
One of the oldest books of English literature in the world – possibly the oldest – is now available to read and enjoy online.
