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The Paradox of Thom Browne: How One Designer Redefined the Suit for the 21st century

21 October 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Benjamin Wild, author of Thom Browne In just over twenty years, Thom Browne has achieved something remarkable: he has made the grey suit revolutionary. The American designer’s distinctive uniform – cropped sleeves ending four inches above the wrist, trousers hemmed high above the ankle...

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Ada, meet Ada: bridging the two cultures

13 October 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Mark Seligman, author of AI and Ada: Artificial Translation and Creation of Literature  Artificial intelligence has suddenly become real – or has it? To answer the question, we need a consensus definition of intelligence. We still don’t have one.   In the age of...

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The Amendments to the Constitution, a pathway to the American experience

4 October 2025 Author Interviews

This is an interview with Blaine Kaltman, author of Perfecting the U.S. Constitution: 27 and Counting, The Amendments that Shaped America’s Future  Q. What made you decide to write a book about the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution? Dr. Kaltman: Because it is a very interesting topic that too often...

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Featured releases: September 2025

3 October 2025 New Release

September marks the gentle shift from summer’s warmth to autumn’s calm, a month of balance and reflection. We are celebrating this month with an exciting line-up of new releases. From Louis XIV’s conquests, human ethics, to Byron’s romantic poetic voice, we cover a range of subjects this month. Here’s a...

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Byron’s engagement with Eastern European writers: Mickiewicz and Pushkin

22 September 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Jonathan Gross, author of The European Byron Mobility, Cosmopolitanism, and Chameleon Although there have been many studies of Byron’s European impact, I consider the Eastern European reach of Byron. Mazepa, a painting by Vernet (‘Mazepa and the Wolves’, 1826), and another study, by a...

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The warlike king who died in his bed

15 September 2025 Author Interviews

This is an author interview by Dylan Motin, author of How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid Q1. Why a book about Louis XIV and not any other king? Louis XIV’s France belonged in a rare category of states. Not only was it a great power but also what international...

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Play and the vitality of cities

5 September 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Duncan McDuie-Ra, author of Insurgent Play: Social Worlds of Urban Disruption   Play is intrinsic to human existence and to some non-human animals too. We can think of play in different ways; as creative and destructive, as individual and collective, as production and consumption,...

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Peter Winch on political legitimacy

28 August 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Lynette Reid, editor of Political Authority: Contract and Critique   I was a student (along with Olli Lagerspetz and others) of the British philosopher Peter Winch (1926–1997) in the last years of his life – the 1990s in Illinois. This was an era when...

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Fashion Auteurs book series: a new way of looking at Fashion Legends who changed fashion forever

20 August 2025 Call for Proposal

The Fashion Auteurs is an important, fresh and exciting book series dedicated to fashion designers who have made a lasting impact on fashion history. Written by experts in the field, these concise titles explore the unique contributions of each designer, placing them in the context of their times and peers,...

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When it comes to songs, there’s more than meets the ear

18 August 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Glenn Fosbraey, author of Reading Song Lyrics: An Interdisciplinary and Multimodal Approach In today’s world, where streaming services allow us instant access to pretty much every song ever recorded, I like to keep certain ‘hard copy’ traditions alive. One of these, which stretches back...

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