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The view from Denmark As a Dane, I follow the Brexit discussion with both interest and bewilderment. Denmark entered the European Communities in 1973 together with the United Kingdom and Ireland. For many Danes the fate of Denmark in Europe is therefore naturally linked to that of the UK. Yet, the British EU referendum debate […]
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To mark the centenary of, The Battle of Jutland, one of the most important and controversial naval battles in history, author and military historian John Brooks reflects on the devastating consequences of tactical failure by British commanders.
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Last weekend Shakespeare was certainly the most famous person on the planet, even more so than the Queen, Prince and President Obama. If you got as far as 23rd April without realising it was the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, you deserve to be woken as I was in Stratford-upon-Avon at 6am that morning […]
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This weekend, 400 years after his death, Shakespeare was commemorated all over the world. This in itself is a testament to the legacy left by the playwrite, who is recognised and loved by all. Our Shakespeare authors have been providing us with some intruiging insights on what Shakespeare means to them, and the wider culture today […]
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Shakespeare’s legacy is now identified with and embodied in the book we now call the “First Folio,” published posthumously seven years after Shakespeare’s death in 1623. The volume of thirty-six plays was compiled by John Heminge and Henry Condell, Shakespeare’s friends and fellows in the King’s Men theatre company. The book was in part an […]
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All this week on fifteeneightyfour we are reconstructing the lives of eighteenth century Londoners who feature in, London Lives a new book which examines the daily lives of the poor and criminal in eighteenth century London, including thieves, paupers, prostitutes and highwaymen, and shows how their actions influenced the pace and direction of change in social policy.
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All this week on fifteeneightyfour we are reconstructing the lives of eighteenth century Londoners who feature in, London Lives a new book which examines the daily lives of the poor and criminal in eighteenth century London, including thieves, paupers, prostitutes and highwaymen, and shows how their actions influenced the pace and direction of change in social policy.
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All this week on fifteeneightyfour we are reconstructing the lives of eighteenth century Londoners who feature in, London Lives a new book which examines the daily lives of the poor and criminal in eighteenth century London, including thieves, paupers, prostitutes and highwaymen, and shows how their actions influenced the pace and direction of change in social policy.
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