A frank assessment of what kind of strategic power Britain aspires to be, given its dwindling armed forces and growing threats from Russia and other actors.

David Lindley re-examines the murder trials of Frances Howard and the historical representations of her as “wife, a witch, a murderess and a whore’, challenging the assumptions that have constructed…

The masque had a brief but splendid life as the dominant mode of entertainment at the early Stuart court. This selection of 18 masques offers a fascinating insight into the…

This collection of essays traces the different uses of music in Shakespearean performance in theatre and film from the days of the first Globe and Blackfriars to contemporary, global productions…

This is the second revised edition of a distance learning programme leading to Level A qualification in psychometric testing. It includes 12 A4 booklets plus folders of supporting material, in…

This book is a modern and accessible edition of a manuscript journal kept by Thomas Juxon. The journal offers an eye-witness account from the latter stages of the civil war…