Intellectual History
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‘A mixture of minds which cannot unite’: John Milton and no-fault divorce
by Dr Rachel Foxley The government’s current consultation (closing on 10 December) about making ‘no fault’ divorce quicker and easier might have drawn a robust contribution from the famous seventeenth-century poet and polemicist John Milton, if he were alive today.… Continue reading
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Reading Welcomes the Summer (in the manner of c. 1218!)
by Prof Anne Lawrence The manuscript in this image (below), now British Library Ms. Harley 978, was once owned by Reading Abbey, and contains an eclectic mixture of texts, including the poems of a twelfth-century author and performer now known… Continue reading


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