Enlightenment, Literature

A Literary Offensive

Gemma Tidman’s The Emergence of Literature in Eighteenth-Century France: The Battle of the School Books has recently published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This book changes our understanding of when, how, and why modern ideas of literature emerged in France. In this blog post, Gemma Tidman shares some insight into her new book in the form … Continue reading →

Journals, open access

Featured in Town Planning Review 94.3: Infrastructure investments and land value capture: variations and uncertainties at the frontiers of urban expansion

The editors of Town Planning Review (TPR) have selected the following paper as the Featured Article in TPR 94.3: 'Infrastructure investments and land value capture: variations and uncertainties at the frontiers of urban expansion' by Minjee Kim.

History, Journals, Political History

Theory & Struggle: Marx Memorial Library at 90

This year marks 90 years since the foundation of the Marx Memorial Library & Workers’ School (MML). To celebrate, Meirian Jump, Director of the MML, reflects on 90 years devoted to the science of Marxism, the history of Socialism, and the trade union and working-class movements. A selection of articles from the latest issue of the journal will also be available free to read for a month.

Literature, Poetry

‘Play up! play up! and play the game!’ – the vital legacy of poet Henry Newbolt

Playing the Game: Selected Poems of Henry Newbolt edited by John Howlett is the first scholarly edition in more than four decades of one of the most significant poets of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. To celebrate the publication of this new book, Howlett explains why Newbolt was such a figure of importance … Continue reading →