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Why British military leaders lack strategy, leadership and moral courage: Author article by Frank Ledwidge
Losing Small Wars by former military intelligence officer Frank Ledwidge was published last year to acclaim and controversy in equal measures. The book is out soon in paperback, accompanied by a 99p ebook Punching Below Our Weight. To celebrate this, we thought we’d re-publish an article he wrote for the Yale Books Blog back in August 2011. Ledwidge discusses … Read more
Cosmic Understanding: Extract from ‘The New Universe and the Human Future’
In The New Universe and the Human Future (out now in paperback) a cultural philosopher (Nancy Abrams) and an astrophysicist (Joel Primack) theorize that a shared picture of the universe based on modern cosmology and biology will offer solutions to global problems and redefine our relationship with the earth. In this exclusive extract, Abrams and Primack outline their … Read more
The Art of the Interview: Author article by art critic Michael Peppiatt
Michael Peppiatt is a world renowned art critic, author and art historian, who has interviewed some of the 20th century’s most eminent artists. Here he discusses his new book Interviews with Artists, 1966-2012 (published today), an informal, behind-the-scenes account of his interviews with such figures as Bacon, Dubuffet, Moore, Balthus and Auerbach. Article by Michael Peppiatt Crossing the … Read more
Portrait of a Potter: New biography of the iconic Lucie Rie
Published this month Lucie Rie: Modernist Potter by Emmanuel Cooper investigates the life and legacy of the brilliant and elusive potter Lucie Rie. Today we take a look at this lovely new biography, as well as Rie’s elegant, modernist, utilitarian and decorative work. Lucie Rie (1902-1995) is one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated and iconic … Read more
The pseudo-history of the Shroud of Turin: Author article by Charles Freeman
Charles Freeman is a top expert in the ancient world and its legacy. His book Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe was published last year to massive critical acclaim, and provided a richly textured history of holy relics across Europe spanning a thousand years. He has just written a new free online article on … Read more
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