Books interview: Emily Cockayne
The history lecturer and author of Rummage: A History of the Things We Have Reused, Recycled and Refused to Let Go discusses her fascination with waste and reuse and how to write about ephemeral...
The history lecturer and author of Rummage: A History of the Things We Have Reused, Recycled and Refused to Let Go discusses her fascination with waste and reuse and how to write about ephemeral...
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Sarah Wise on how the insanity plea developed in English law and why ‘homicidal mania’ became acceptable to experts
George Gissing: A Life by Paul Delany, professor in the department of English, Simon Fraser University. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, £25.00, ISBN 9780297852124."George Gissing believed that the twin...
Child Murder and British Culture, 1720-1900 - The Italian Boy