“Unlike cricket, which is a polite game, Australian Rules Football creates a desire on the part of the crowd to tear someone apart, usually the referee.” This is only one of the entertain
A timeless selection of Wonderful Things, this book highlights the tremendous range of the Bodleian Library's collections. From the sixth-century Laudian Acts—a manuscript probably used by Bede himsel
In 1942, the United States War Department distributed a handbook to American servicemen that advised them on the peculiarities of the "British, their country, and their ways." Over sixty years later,
“Next week I shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my principal hopes of happiness depend.”—from a letter to Cassandra, October 27, 1798 “You express so
“Without a revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.” So wrote Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and founder of the USSR. Lenin was profoundly aw
A blessed companion is a booka book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend.”Douglas William Jerrold Much reading is like much eating, wholly useless without digestion.”Robert SouthIf I had read
In 2010, with a bequest from the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Bodleian Library and the London firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects began to move forward with plans to refurbish the New Bodleian. Having s
The Bodleian Library is home to some of the finest examples of illuminated letters. Now, with An Illuminated Alphabet, readers young and old can enjoy a wide selection of these extraordinary letters i
A blessed companion is a book?a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend.”?Douglas William Jerrold ?Much reading is like much eating, wholly useless without digestion.”?Robert South ?If I had rea
?Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.”?Talleyrand ?He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.”?Jonathan Swift ?There is no love sincerer than the love of fo
In taking soup do not gurgle or make throat noises These engaging volumes were originally published in the 1920s, as part of a series which sought to help the middle classes acquire and perfect social
These engaging volumes were originally published in the 1920s, as part of a series which sought to help the middle classes acquire and perfect social decorum. Filled with timeless advice and charmin
“Do not march into the drawing-room and, having inspected it, say, “What a nice room, but —” “Do not look at your son steadfastly and then turn to his wife and tell her he is getting thin.” “When you
When American troops arrived in Paris at the end of World War II, they were at first welcomed by the local population. However, the French soon began to resent the Americans for their brashness and di
Across the centuries, few experiences in life rival the excitement and emotional intensity of falling in love. Yet from the moment we set eyes on a special someone, the path to their heart seems strew
The Russian Revolution has been examined countless times, but never from the perspective of postcards. This book is an extraordinary visual record of the tumultuous events of the 1905, the Menshevik,
Don’t think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments.Don’t forget that very true remark that while face powder may catch a man, baking powder is the s
Don’t think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments.Don’t forget that very true remark that while face powder may catch a man, baking powder i
Where would Winston Churchill be without his bow-tie and V-for-victory sign, Yasser Arafat without his kefiyah, Charles de Gaulle without his kepi and cigarette, Ho Chi Minh without his long straggly
Magna Carta, or “Great Charter,” is one of the most important documents in legal history. Originating in 1215 as a peace treaty between King John and a group of rebellious barons at Runnymede, it put
To celebrate the acquisition of the archive of distinguished artist Tom Phillips, the Bodleian Library asked the artist to assemble and design a series of books drawing on his themed collection of ove
A charm of goldfinches. An ostentation of peacocks. A murder of crows. The English language brims with witty words for flocks of birds! Thought to have originated from hunting manuals, the practice of
Rugby has rules, seriously? Believe it or not, it does. The Original Rules of Rugby brings together the original rules of the game drawn up at Rugby School in 1845 and the first rules of the Rugby Fo
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