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How did a library founded over 400 years ago grow to become the world-renowned institution it is to..
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'A murder of crows', 'a charm of goldfinches', 'an ostentation of peacocks': collective nouns for B..
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Plants and gardens play a central role in life on Earth. They have provided food, clothing, shelter..
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Which are the oldest museums in the world? What is a cabinet of curiosities? Who haunts Hampton Cou..
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For 25 centuries, the animal stories which go by the name of Aesop's Fables have amused and instruc..
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'The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day …' Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'..
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How long is an ell? What is the largest size of champagne bottle? How do you measure the heat of a ..
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'Long Live Freedom!' - Hans Scholl's last words before his execution The White Rose (die Weiße Rose..
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Oxford held a special place in Evelyn Waugh's imagination. So formative were his Oxford years that ..
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Close friendships are a heart-warming feature of many of our best-loved works of fiction. From Jane..
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What makes a perfect husband? In this tongue-in-cheek guide, illustrated by Heath Robinson's inimit..
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Pizza, pasta, pesto and olive oil: today, it's hard to imagine any supermarket without these items...
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In their celebration of 'little matters' - the regular round of visiting, dining out, drinking tea,..
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'Everything you ever wanted to know about cats in books. A wonderful idea, beautifully executed.' -..
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This is the first facsimile publication of 'Martha Lloyd's Household Book', the manuscript cookbook..
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'Novel Houses' visits unforgettable dwellings in twenty legendary works of English and American fic..
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The University Archives was established in 1634. Based in the Bodleian Library, it is the instituti..
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The list of favourite flowers has remained remarkably constant over the centuries. From late-sixtee..
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'This is marvellously spirited and adroit storytelling and an exciting example of innovative transl..
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Exploring the Blackwell Collections (publishing and bookselling archives), Rita Ricketts discovered..
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A beautiful little manuscript in the Bodleian Library, which was purchased for £6 at auction in 188..
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, historical subjects became some of the most ..
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'The Art of Letter Writing' gives over fifty examples of the perfect letter for any occasion. Unsur..
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DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country In 1881 Ambrose Bierce, journalist and f..
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