Meet the Author: Owen Davies
Watch Owen Davies talk about his book Grimoires: A History of Magic Books.
Riddle Me That, Riddle Me This…
Can you solve the riddle?
Monthly Gleanings, Part Two
Anatoly Liberman’s monthy gleanings.
Henry Ford Learns the Most Expensive Art Lesson in History
An excerpt from Design in the USA by Jeffrey L. Meikle.
Michael Jackson, Nostalgia, and the 1980s
Elvin Lim looks at 80’s nostalgia.
Work, Life, Balance: Blondin over Niagara
On this day in history…
American War Propaganda Top Ten
The top ten propaganda messages of the last century.
The ABC’s of Law
Some excerpts from the Oxford Dictionary of Law.
OUP USA on The AAP/ Authors Guild Settlement With Google
OUP USA President Tim Barton has published a detailed overview and position statement regarding the AAP/Authors Guild Settlement with Google which can be found here. Below is a brief excerpt from the piece. “…What once seemed at least debatable has now become irrefutable: If it’s not online, it’s invisible. While increasing numbers of long-out-of-date, public-domain […]
What is Paranoia?
An excerpt from Paranoia: The 21st-century Fear.
Red Snow: Tokyo A Cultural History
An excerpt from Tokyo: A Cultural History.
Friday procrastination: link love – pork pies, British libraries, and Dame Judi Dench
What Kirsty from OUP UK has been reading this week.
Set Phasers on Tweet: A Star Trek Snowclone Blizzard on Twitter
Mark Peters looks at all the variations of the snowclone “set phasers to x” on Twitter.
Daisy – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “daisy”.
Anyone for Tennis?
A selection of tennis-related words of wisdom from The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
Dancing With A Cockatoo
Can birds keep a beat?