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One of my personal favourite new releases this season in the UK is the paperback edition of The New Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes by John Gross. I could have chosen any one of hundreds of great anecdotes from and about authors I love, but in the end I decided to share with you this […]
Some proverbial advice for bloggers.
Long ago, on the Spanish island of Majorca, a young boy spent most of each day at the shore, sketching the ships that sailed into the harbor. Solomon was a wonderful artist, everyone agreed. His drawings seemed so real that people wondered if the waves were as wet as they seemed-or the sun as hot.
Happy Birthday George Gershwin!
Ben looks at the geography of food.
A look at the dot in computing.
Elsewhere on the internet…
The second part of the Q&A with Steven Beller on antisemitism.
Steven Beller, author of Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction, examines what antisemitism actually is.
D. Michael Lindsay looks at how Sarah Palin may help bring evangelicals back to the Republican Party.
OUP UK’s Head of Publicity, Kate Farquhar-Thomson, heads to the BA Festival of Science in Liverpool
Gordon Thompson looks at the end of 60’s British Pop music.
OUP UK Publicity Manager Juliet Evans recounts her time at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival.
An excerpt from Massacre at Mountain Meadows.
Jeff Prucher reflects on winning the Hugo Award.
Thomas Dixon examines the “outbreak of altruism” in the race for US President.