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Charlotte Higgins
What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? This…
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Martin Millett
Offering a fresh perspective on Roman Britain based on archaeological evidence, this acclaimed study, now reissued, explores the social dynamics of cultural change from a local perspective by analysing patterns…
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In this spellbinding new collection, Charlotte Higgins reinterprets some of the most enduring stories of all time. Here are myths of the creation, of Heracles and Theseus and Perseus, the…
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A thrillingly original, labyrinthine journey through myth, art, literature, history, archaeology and memoir, by the Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author
‘Charlotte Higgins’s Red Thread is a masterwork’ Ali Smith
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Charlotte Higgins (Arts Correspondent)
A brilliantly researched and gripping history of the BBC, from its origins to the present day.
William Golding
While mothers raise children in the bucolic Place of Women, Chimp is tormented by the Leopard Men in their brutal hunts, until he gains new wisdom . Imperial Rome. In…
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A retelling of Greek myths, recounted as if they were actual scenes being woven into textiles by the women who feature prominently in them–including Athena, Helen, Circe, and Penelope –Publisher…
Charlotte M Higgins
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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The Angel Children; or, Stories from Cloud-Land, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in…
History Is Now: 7 Artists Take On Britain offers an inventive way of exploring the country’s recent history; spanning ideas and topics as varied as the Cold War, post-Thatcherite society…
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