Dickens And Christmas
A deeper look at the most famous Christmas Carol.
Our Favorite Books: Part Three
Oxford employees share their favorite books.
What They Didn’t Say
We excerpt from What They Didn’t Say: A Book of Misquotations.
Lives Across The Pond: A Tribute To John Lennon
John Lennon in the Oxford DNB.
Celebrating Walt Whitman
An excerpt from Walt Whitman’s Memoranda During the War.
Our Favorite Books: Part Two
Oxford University Press staff share their favorite books.
The Most Influential Americans: The Revolutionaries
Based on The Atlantic’s Top 100 Most Influential Americans of All Time list, we look at George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
The Most Influential Americans: Ben Franklin and the Revolutionaries
Ed Gaustad weighs in on the Atlantic’s top 100 most influential Americans.
Literary Criticism For the Masses
John Mullan, author of How Novels Work looks at the rise of literary criticism among the masses.
Our Favorite Books: Part One
Our favorite books.
Colonel Oates to Ian Fleming in Less Than Six Degrees
From the Civil War to James Bond.
Oxford Companion to Wine
ice wine vs. Icewine
The Oxford Companion to Wine helps us learn about ice wine and Icewine.
Oxford Companion to Food
Pie in the Sky
Read the pie entry from the Oxford Companion To Food.
The Partition of Palestine
An excerpt which looks at the partition of Palestine.
A History of Violence: David Cronenberg’s Morality Play
Nicole Rafter’s monthly column examines the film, A History of Violence.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music: An Excerpt
Aimee Mann
An excerpt from the Encylopedia of Popular Music’s Aimee Mann entry.