Game, Set… and a slightly older Match
15 Sep '21
Britain’s Emma Raducanu from Bromley has etched her name into Tennis history books this week in spectacular style, just as the teenager Lottie...
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Reappraising the caricature – Extract from Neville Chamberlain: The Passionate Radical
09 Sep '21
Neville Chamberlain is remembered today as Hitler’s credulous dupe, the man who proclaimed in September 1938 that the Munich agreement guaranteed...
Highlights from EIBF 2021
31 Aug '21
Mara Menzies The live audience at the EIBF Sculpture Court theatre were held in suspenseful silence by Mara Menzie’s performance reading of a...
August 31st, 1969 – PELE’S ROAD TO GLORY
31 Aug '21
On August 31st, 1969 Brazil clinched qualification for the 1970 World Cup Finals by beating Paraguay 1-0 at the Maracana. After a disastrous World...
A New Chapter for The Edinburgh International Book Festival
24 Aug '21
This year, The Edinburgh International Book Festival are staging a hybrid programme of over 250 events from their new home at the University of...
Denise Mina & Ghillie Basan at Fringe by the Sea
16 Aug '21
Last Tuesday, we caught up with Denise Mina and Ghillie Basan at their events at the Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick's annual arts and culture...
Polygon signs new historical crime series from Steven Veerapen
03 Aug '21
We are delighted to announce the signing of a new historical crime series from Steven Veerapen to the Polygon list. Inspired and insightful, the...
Have you heard it? The Parting Glass on BBC Radio 4
28 Jul '21
I’m a bit hit and miss with BBC Radio 4 these days. Some of the programmes are truly world class, others leave me cold and struggling to understand...
It Happened Today in History – The Stone of Destiny
03 Jul '21
On 3 July 1996, twenty-five years ago today, John Major stood up in the The House of Commons and announced that the Stone of Scone (the Stone of...
Novels to Sizzle with this Summer
28 Jun '21
Are you wondering what to pack for your staycation? In no particular order, here is our pick of some of the best novels for your...
It’s World Whisky Day! What’s your Dram?
15 May '21
Whisky is just the best go-to tipple on cold days, fireside evenings, after long walks on the beach or in the hills, sitting with a good book…...
Dystopian Visions – Closer than you think?
14 May '21
‘The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command’ — George Orwell George...
