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Banned Books Week 2015: The Persecution of Pooh and Piglet

Olga Hughes October 3, 2015

Even Winnie the Pooh and his adorable pal Piglet are not immune to the long arm of book censors. Only...

C S Hughes June 11, 2015

Howard P Hohenzollern has been called by some the “Guru of Mediocrity,” though Hohenzollern himself disputes this epithet in the...

C S Hughes March 13, 2015

AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER. — Terry Pratchett (@terryandrob) March 12, 2015 Terry took Death’s arm...

Olga Hughes March 12, 2015

Henry Parker, Lord Morley must have spent most of his career under King Henry VIII with his loyalties torn between...

Olga Hughes March 9, 2015

Today we’re pleased to be launching the book tour for David Baldwin’s highly-anticipated Henry VIII’s Last Love: The Extraordinary Life...

C S Hughes February 21, 2015

In 1902 the Ettrick Water swelled and flooded and washed away the Bannerfield’s Bridge, an old rickety wooden structure that...

C S Hughes January 6, 2015

The fable is at the heart of storytelling; it is a mystery, an exaggeration, a tall story, a romance, a...

Olga Hughes December 19, 2014

I’ve been sorting through a veritable treasure trove of The Ricardian this evening, having received a very kind gift from...

Olga Hughes October 31, 2014

There is some debate over whether Queen Catherine Howard was literate. However, we do have some examples of Catherine owning...

Olga Hughes October 25, 2014

The alliance between England and Spain was supposed to be the great triumph of the new Tudor dynasty. For Katherine...