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Meghan Daum on the Power of Personal Essays

April 14, 2025

We recently sat down for an interview with Meghan Daum, author of The Catastrophe Hour, to talk about inspiration and the writing process.

Julian Barnes in The Observer

March 16, 2025

On the 16th of March (two days before official publication), we are delighted to share…

Inspiring literary quotes for International Women’s Day

March 5, 2025

On the 8th March we celebrate International Women’s Day, and to mark the occasion, we’ve…

The historical context of Outrage by Ian Nairn

February 11, 2025

Travis Elborough provides some historical background to Ian Nairn’s timeless classic, Outrage.

The NHE Festive Gift Shop

November 6, 2024

Welcome to the NHE Festive Gift Shop! Browse our handpicked recommendations for any reader, and find the perfect gifts.

Dmitri Shostakovich’s music, and the master of the double-entendre

September 25, 2024

The 25th of September marks the birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich, whose life and times, according to Stephen Johnson, is ‘one of the most dramatic, stirring, at times even darkly comical in the history of classical music’.

William McCrum, Robert McCrum and the story of the penalty kick

September 18, 2024

The story of the penalty kick is one of chance, risk and obsession that took Robert McCrum many years to uncover. Read the story of how the book came into being.

When writing dictates the format: What We Talk About When We Talk About Crime

September 4, 2024

Freed from the constraints of academic criminology writing, Jennifer Fleetwood recounts how her new book began to take shape.

Our best Ian Nairn quotes

August 29, 2024

To commemorate Ian Nairn, enjoy some of the best quotes from our most passionate, outraged architectural critic.