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Vampires: A Curriculum
From Carmilla to Edward Cullen
What Makes a Great Bookshop?
It is a drizzly afternoon in London.
You are mildly hungover and bad-tempered. One of your socks is slipping down inside your boots — which are wet, because you just stepped in a puddle.
Cursing, you clean your spectacles on your jumper....
Who is ‘The Green Man’?
Have you seen this man?
Men, dir. Alex Garland (2023)
He’s as ‘green as the grass’ (grene as þe gres) and his beard sprouts leaves.
If you’re a fan of folk or cult horror, you might recognise him from Alex Garland’s recent A24 movie, Men...
Why 'The Souvenir' Still Hurts
In the centre of the Wallace Collection is a mysterious little painting. It is by Jean Honore Fragonard, one of the defining painters of the French Rococo.
The picture shows a young girl, dreamily carving the letter ‘S’ on a tree. A scrap...
What was The Enlightenment?
Lecture for the National Gallery (April 2026)
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