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,
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
The First Rule Book of Association Football changed the face of football forever. Without it the 'beautiful game' would have remained a riotous free-for-all with a bewildering number of rules, some o
For years; German military intelligence quietly compiled a dossier of information on Britain. When Hitler gave his generals the order to begin planning a full-scale invasion of Britain in 1940, they
Veronica is your average hippopotamus with a big dream: she wants to become famous. But with so many hippopotamuses wallowing in the cool mud and swimming and splashing in the clear water along the ri
Have you ever cringed while hearing someone mispronounce a word—or, worse, been tripped up by a wily silent letter yourself? Consider yourself lucky that you do not live in Victorian England, wh
Every child knows that costumes are magical. Put on the right hat, add some imagination, and you can be anyone.That's what happens to a little boy in The March Wind. Finding a large black hat lying in
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 o
The wife of the distinguished engraver Reynolds Stone, Janet Stone established a kind of literary salon in the idyllic setting of the old Rectory at Litton Cheney in West Dorset, where their wide circ
“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
“Don’t be too ready to listen to stories told by attractive women. They may be acting under orders.” This was only one of the many warnings given to the 30,000 British troops prepar
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
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,
Cricket may be the only game in which the earliest rules survive uniquely on the perimeter of a napkin! Eighteenth-century noblemen who gambled considerable sums on the outcome of matches were keen t
