By Arabella Edge

This is actually quite a strange pretext for a book, for it details the creation of a painting, starting in Montmartres in June 1818. (more…)

By John Barrowman

I love books on the history of mathematics. I have books that look at infinity, e, π. Interesting one and all, and I’ve been holding out for one on zero for a while. (more…)

By Micheal De-La-Noy

I can’t get my head around monarchical dynasties. Except for people that are real stand-outs, how are you supposed to remember who is who? How do the French get through so many kings that they can have eighteen with the same name in under a millennium? Do they know anything about the ones that came before the famous ones? (more…)