The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library, by Edward Wilson-Lee
Book of the week: An erudite biography of Christopher Columbus’ illegitimate son impresses Alexander Samson
Book of the week: An erudite biography of Christopher Columbus’ illegitimate son impresses Alexander Samson
New book from University of Cambridge academic considers how Shakespeare became a powerful presence from Addis Ababa to Zanzibar
Scholars and senior sector figures reveal the books they’ll be reading over the summer break – for work or pleasure or both – in part two of our annual round-up of holiday reads
Matthew Reisz considers why we are still talking obsessively about the playwright 400 years after he shuffled off this mortal coil
Free speech should not be limited on university campuses and students should engage more with opposing views to their own, writes University of Sussex student Edward Wilson