London Review of Books

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20 October 2026 17:11

‘Hume fussed over the elegance and propriety of his prose, and did not view form and presentation merely as aesthetic supplements to the philosophical content of his work.’ Colin Kidd on the philosopher: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Henning Hansen

henninghansen.bsky.social

12 October 2026 20:35

My latest publication is a study of Olaus Magnus's Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (1555) and Johannes Schefferus’s Lapponia (1673), two early modern bestsellers that helped define the image of the North for generations of readers. Full article here: doi.org/10.1163/9789... #bookhistory

Eloise Davies

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07 October 2026 15:36

Out next week! Stuart Serenissima: Venice & England in the Seventeenth Century, edited by Alana Mailes & me Featuring Carol Rutter, @stefanovil.bsky.social, Filippo de Vivo, Antonio Iodice, Christina Anderson, Benjamin Woodford, Amy Dunagin www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Jonas Nordin

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03 October 2026 17:01

I talk about the French Revolution on the podcast Bildningskomplexet: open.spotify.com/episode/6vPD... The inscription from Collioure below dates from the Third Republic. As I explain in the podcast, it is often the case when you see ‘Liberté, égalité, fraternité’ on official French buildings.

Richard Morris

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03 October 2026 17:01

'Kensington Interior,' (1912) depicts the hallway of 67 Ladbroke Grove, London, W.11, the house which belonged to Frank Emanuel's parents and where he lived from about 1890 until around 1920.