Nazism has always faced resistance. This book paints a vivid picture of resistance to hatred and extremism across the generations. Resisting Nazism Nazism has always faced resistance: from the German artists who caricatured the Nazis in the 1920s, or the man who infiltrated the SS to try and expose the Holocaust in the 1940s, or the people […]
Whitbread and Orange Prize-shortlisted author Jill Dawson tells the true story of Pamela 'Pixie' Colman Smith. Pixie It's the turn of the twentieth century and Pamela 'Pixie' Colman Smith is a young woman of stark contradictions: plucky yet naïve, artistically gifted despite lacking classical training, fascinated by the esoteric but sceptical of the world around […]
Join us for an evening with Sarah Wynn-Williams at Blackwell's Oxford in conversation with Stephanie Merritt. Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams's Careless People was one of the non-fiction sensations of 2025. A hugely praised - and award winning - bestselling account of Sarah's time as Global Policy Director at Facebook, Meta secured a ruling against Sarah […]
PUTTING PHILOSOPHY ON THE TELLY with Andy West When: Sat, Feb 21 from 11am to 12pm Where: Blackwells Bookshop Go online to reserve a spot today! Andy West, author of 'The Life Inside' takes part - Philosophy in the Bookshop - series to discuss the TV adaptation of his memoir SOON TO BE A […]
To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the death of Davis Bowie, Alexander Larman discusses his biography, Lazarus with Philip Clark Lazarus : The Second Coming of David Bowie When David Bowie died on 10 January 2016, aged 69, his death was greeted with the greatest display of public mourning since Princess Diana three decades […]
Overview TV personality and 'Countdown Queen', Susie Dent discusses 'Why Q Needs U' with fellow linguist, writer and broadcaster, Danny Bate Why Q Needs U Every letter you're reading right now has a fascinating story to tell, having been on a long linguistic, historical, political and social journey. In Why Q Needs U, linguistic expert Danny […]
