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 »

Wednesday Jun 19th, 2013

Forcible feeding and the Cat and Mouse Act: one hundred years on

Ian Miller on medical ethics and the forcible feeding debate
Tuesday Jun 18th, 2013

Prepare for the worst

Seventeenth-century home remedies for dangerous ailments
Thursday Jun 13th, 2013

Letters from your father

“God bless, and grant you a speedy recovery.”
Saturday Jun 8th, 2013

The origin and text of The Book of Common Prayer

Video interviews with Brian Cummings
Tuesday
Jun 4th, 2013

Coronation Music

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Thursday
May 30th, 2013

Hay hopes

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Tuesday
May 28th, 2013

Important announcement from the OUPblog

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Tuesday
May 28th, 2013

Who wants to be a Cabinet minister?

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Thursday
May 23rd, 2013

People of computing

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Thursday
May 16th, 2013

The missing children of early modern religion

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Wednesday
May 15th, 2013

Musings on the Eurovision Song Contest

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Tuesday
May 14th, 2013

The History of the World: Israel becomes a state

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