‘Who the Devil taught thee so much Italian?’

‘Who the Devil taught thee so much Italian?’This book offers a comprehensive account of the methods and practice of learning modern languages, especially Italian, in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England.

visual arts

This cutting-edge monograph makes a major contribution to the history of time by exploring how thinkers and activists of the French radical left and right conceived of the past

and the growing differences between classes as reflected in behaviour and attitudes

European media is experiencing a paradoxical form of growth: as media outlets surge and new technologies develop

and cultural influence of Baldwin’s writing and political activism

This book examines the reasons behind the Turkish state’s unprecedented recent interest in its diaspora

It’s a story of how the bikini swimwear came to fetishise the nuclear bombardment of the Bikini Atoll with its celebration of ‘sex bombs’ and (an)atomic ‘bombshells’

The city’s sprawling structure and rapid redevelopment – embodied by the high-rise apartments taking over historic districts – render Beijing’s streets hard to navigate and its culture is just as difficult to penetrate

Zalman King and Ti West

housing policy

the study of cultural memory

amorality and lust for power underpinning them