Social and Cultural History
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The Book of Phobias and Manias
Kate Summerscale
Read more ▸ Pre-order ▸A History of the World in 99 Obsessions
A captivating A-Z from the bestselling author of...
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A Short History of Queer Women
Kirsty Loehr
Read more ▸ Pre-order ▸No, they weren’t ‘just friends’!
Queer women have been written out of history since, well, forever....
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Black England
Gretchen Gerzina
Read more ▸ Order ▸A Forgotten Georgian History
Georgian England had a large and distinctive black community. Yet all of...
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Soho
Dan Cruickshank
Read more ▸ Order ▸A Street Guide to Soho’s History, Architecture and People
Soho – illicit, glamorous, sordid, louche, poverty-stricken,...
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Home Is Not a Place
Johny Pitts
Read more ▸ Order ▸A gorgeously produced, hugely original examination of Black Britishness in the 21st century.
What is Black...
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One Kensington
Emma Dent Coad
Read more ▸ Order ▸Tales from the Frontline of the Most Unequal Borough in Britain
Kensington and Chelsea – one...
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Wanderlust
Rebecca Solnit (Y)
Read more ▸ Order ▸Staff Pick
At once a humanist essay on the history of walking and a wide-ranging examination...
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Two Wheels Good
Jody Rosen
Read more ▸ Order ▸The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
The bicycle is a vestige of the Victorian era,...
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We, the Oppressors
Dr Dr Jack Davy
Read more ▸ Order ▸An eye-opening book about how societies are designed to support the status of those in...
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The Case of the Married Woman
Lady Antonia Fraser
Read more ▸ Order ▸Caroline Norton – A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women
CAROLINE NORTON, a nineteenth-century...
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Behind Closed Doors
Seth Alexander Thevoz
Read more ▸ Order ▸The Secret Life of London Private Members’ Clubs
With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote,...
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A History of the 20th Century
Professor Jeremy Black
Read more ▸ Order ▸Conflict, Technology and Revolution
A comprehensive history of a tumultuous century by one of the world’s...