by Phil Clement | Jun 29, 2016 | Front page, Reviews
Review by Phillip Clement Last year marked a hundred years since Albert Einstein published forty-six pages that would come to change the course of human history and everything around it. His Special and General Theory heralded a new way of thinking in physics,...
by Sarah | Jun 27, 2016 | Currently reading
FutureLearn works with unis and cultural institutions around the world to create courses on some pretty interesting topics – all for free – from the comfort of your laptop or smartphone. They’re super accessible and are a great way to intro yourself to or brush...
by Tim | Jun 22, 2016 | Features, Front page
We continue our bookish tour around the world. This week, we’re in Berlin with Timothy Kennett. The many problems of the bookish have been well-documented in textbooks on bibliomania, literary autobiographies, and the kinds of high school fiction in which shy,...
by Adam | Jun 13, 2016 | Reviews
The Arrival of Missives could be classed, amongst other things, as a coming-of-age story, a fantasy novel, soft environmentalism, an anti-authoritarian fable and a sci-fi-tinged forbidden love story. This might sound like an unwieldy melange, but Aliya Whitely manages...
by Heather | Jun 8, 2016 | Features, Front page
This is the first in our series on bookstores in cities around the world. This week, Heather takes us on a tour of her hometown of Cambridge. Well-known for its ancient colleges and beautiful parks, Cambridge is actually not known for its great bookshops. I mean, it...
