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Gertrude Bell – the ‘female Lawrence of Arabia’
Watch Helen Berry present a feature on BBC1’s Inside/Out programme about the remarkable archaeologist, explorer and diplomat Gertrude Bell http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xy0x8
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Archive: http://gertrudebell.ncl.ac.uk/
View Helen Berry on BBC4’s ‘Housewives and Heroines: a 17th Century History for Girls’
What does your taste say about you?
What does your taste say about you? Read Helen Berry’s blog – on the meaning of taste from Hogarth to Grayson Perry http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/taste-morality-william-hogarth-grayson-perry/
Castrato and His Wife causes row in Wall Street Journal
A review of The Castrato and His Wife in the Wall Street Journal has sparked a row among readers over the Catholic Church’s involvement in the castration of boys for church choirs. Read more
28th March 2012 – Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival
The Castrato and His Wife Launches in the USA
January 2012 – ‘A gifted historian with a great story to tell’ – Washington Post…read more
‘Fifteen Minutes of Fame’ in the archives
Read more by Helen Berry in the ‘Wonders and Marvels’ blog about the witnesses who were called in the court case involving the castrato Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2011/12/the-castrato-and-his-wife.html
The Castrato and His Wife – reviewed in History Today
Read Mary Laven’s review of The Castrato and His Wife in History Today http://www.historytoday.com/blog/2011/11/castrato-and-his-wife
The Castrato and His Wife – Longlisted for ‘Book of the Year’
The Castrato and His Wife has been longlisted for the Longman/History Today ‘Book of the Year’. http://www.historytoday.com/blog/2011/11/longman-history-today-book-year-longlist