regicide

How weird was Oliver Cromwell?

24 August 2024 9:00 am

The pious people’s champion was not only a sadist and ruthless self-promoter; he could also indulge in infantile horseplay during the pressurised period leading up to the regicide

Homage to Joseph Johnson, the radical 18th-century publisher

2 April 2022 9:00 am

There’s no excuse for dullness, especially when writing about a life as eventful as Joseph Johnson’s, the publisher and bookseller…