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History by the River

27 March 2018 By Editor

History by the River

History by the River is a monthly panel event with a social buzz for lovers of books, history and good beer. It’s a chance to get together with fellow readers and authors to hear about the best new historical writing, then discuss it all over a drink afterwards. Three acclaimed writers, three remarkable stories, one […]

Animating Pepys’ Women

21 September 2017 By Deborah Swift

Animating Pepys’ Women

Four of my novels have been set in the seventeenth century, and for all of them I have used Pepys’ Diary as an integral part of my research process. In the process, I became fascinated by the women who appear as vague figures in the background, between the lines, always overshadowed by Pepys’ ebullient presence. […]

Mr Beeston and the Cockpit

24 August 2017 By Jemahl Evans

Mr Beeston and the Cockpit

Jemahl Evans brings us a brief history of London’s first West End theatre.  The Cockpit Theatre in Drury Lane was initially, as its name suggests, a venue for cockfights and animal baiting on the east side of Drury Lane with an entrance in Cockpit Alley. As such it was the first playhouse in the West […]

History by the River September 2017

15 August 2017 By Editor

History by the River September 2017

History by the River is a monthly panel event with a social buzz for lovers of books, history and good beer. It’s a chance to get together with fellow readers and authors to hear about the best new historical writing, then discuss it all over a drink afterwards. NB: you can’t actually see Tower Bridge […]

History By The River July 2017

23 June 2017 By Editor

History By The River July 2017

History by the River is new a monthly panel event with a social buzz for lovers of books, history and good beer. It’s a chance to get together with fellow readers and authors to hear about the best new historical writing, then discuss it all over a drink afterwards. NB: you can’t actually see Tower […]

Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths

2 May 2017 By Jason Hewitt

Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths

The British Library’s new exhibition marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution. Jason Hewitt gets a sneak preview. As we have all experienced, the last twelve months has seen a series of seismic political shifts taking place across the western world.  Whether it’s the surprise Brexit vote, the election of Trump, or France’s ousting of her political […]

History by the River May 2017

30 April 2017 By Editor

History by the River May 2017

A New Series of Events in West London We’ve been working on something rather special for lovers of history and literature in London. William Ryan, one of the talents behind the highly successful First Monday Crime Series, along with Antonia Senior, Imogen Robertson and Anna Mazzola have been carefully researching venues and badgering best-selling authors […]

Revolution: Russian Art 1917–1932

7 March 2017 By Imogen Robertson

Revolution: Russian Art 1917–1932

One hundred years on from the Russian Revolution, Imogen Robertson reviews a new Royal Academy exhibition that explores the period through its art. Want to find yourself in a crowd surrounded by slogans demanding revolution or exhorting devotion to a new strong man leader? Want that and a gift shop? Then leave twitter and the American Embassy […]

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