Wednesday Oct 3rd, 2012
On taste and morality: from William Hogarth to Grayson Perry
The artist Grayson Perry recently completed a cycle of six giant tapestries, The Vanity of Small Differences, inspired by William Hogarth’s The Rake’s Progress. In the Turner Prizewinner’s modern rendition, Tim Rakewell (like his Georgian counterpart Tom Rakewell) undergoes a social transformation from humble origins to landed gentry. In Perry’s version, Tim’s life course is transformed by university education and a self-made fortune… read more »
Thursday May 16th, 2013
The missing children of early modern religion
Alec Ryrie on childhood in histories of early modern religion
Wednesday May 15th, 2013
Musings on the Eurovision Song Contest
Alyn Shipton on the history of Eurovision
Tuesday May 14th, 2013
The History of the World: Israel becomes a state
An extract from J.M. Roberts’s classic
Monday May 6th, 2013
John Snow and cholera: how myth helped secure his place in history
2013 marks the bicentenary of John Snow, the father of modern epidemiology.
Wednesday
Apr 3rd, 2013
What a mess! The politics and governance of the British Constitution
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