In an effort to discourage alcohol consumption during the late 19th century, British temperance groups produced and circulated "drink maps" showing where people in particular cities could buy booze.
In the March/April issue, I devoted this space to Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books, published by Yale University Press and edited by Leah Price, a scholar at Harvard. This column ...
The most disadvantaged people in the United Kingdom are no better-off than they were 15 years ago, according to a new report, which finds a “yawning gap between those who can get by and those stuck at ...
Pax Romana is often cited as a model for Pax Americana, both emerging after periods of war to guarantee security and order. But as Pax Americana wanes, at least in the view of Shlomo Ben-Ami, a ...
When Oscar Wilde was jailed for "gross indecency," a charge historically used to criminalize gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 years later, the British Library has re-issued it.
A shawl said to have belonged to Victorian heroine Grace Darling is going up for auction. On 7 September 1838, the ...