Social and cultural history

Trauma Bonds

A fascinating journalistic exploration into the impact of intergenerational trauma on the descendants of both survivors and perpetrators

I, Vera: The dangerous life of a radical princess

Princess Vera Giedroytz was a towering, sweet-faced lesbian Princess who habitually wore a man’s suit, played billiards with brilliance, and regularly performed true medical miracles of surgery, while on occasion forcibly ejecting an inquisitive Rasputin from her operating theatre by throwing him down the stairs.

Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent

This is the simplest tale in the world. Two people meet and fall in love. But the route which brought Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell to a backstreet Venetian restaurant in 1962 was anything but straightforward.

The Lost Voices of Pompeii

Relive the last day in Pompeii in this immersive story, based on the city’s real residents

Beyond Belief

A celebration and exploration of gossip, reclaiming it as a powerful tool for building relationships, sharing vital information and enabling women’s voices to be heard.

Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions

‘Brilliant’ Antonia Fraser, Sunday Times

‘This shimmering study … brilliant and wily’ Marina Warner, Observer

Winner of the FAWCETT PRIZE and EMILY TOTH AWARD

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