Why New Years Falls on January 1st
Why do we celebrate the beginning of the New Year on the first of January? Julius Caesar, mostly.
The Medieval Historical Figures Behind Bruce Holsinger’s Novels
Discover the real men Bruce Holsinger based his characters on.
The First English Books
In the rare book world, the earliest printed books are known as incunables or incunabula.
Nineteenth-Century Rappers, Corn Laws, and the Rise of Free Trade
The strange intersection of corn laws, rap, poetry, and free trade.