Profs & Pints DC: Class, Culture, and Conflict in Britain
• March 22, 2023

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Class, Culture, and Conflict in Britain,” a look at how a marginalized majority found a voice and a cause, with Martin Farr, senior lecturer in […]

Profs & Pints DC: Kings from Queens
• October 10, 2022

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Kings from Queens,” a look at the men who succeeded women on Britain’s throne and how King Charles III might stake up against them, with […]

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022 
• September 8, 2022

With a simple message fastened to the Buckingham Palace gate stating that she died peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, the world was told that a sense of stability for […]

Profs & Pints DC: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
• August 26, 2022

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Six Wives of Henry VIII,” with Amy Leonard, associate professor of history at Georgetown University and scholar of women during the early modern period. […]

Profs & Pints DC: The History Behind Bridgerton
• June 2, 2022

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The History Behind Bridgerton,” a look at British life at the time depicted in the hit Netflix series, with Amy Froide, professor of history at […]

Profs & Pints DC: Britain Beneath the Frosting
• May 31, 2022

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Britain Beneath the Frosting,” a look at The Great British Baking Show, Brexit, and other ingredients of a troubled nation, with Sam Wetherell, lecturer on […]

Profs & Pints DC: The Boris Johnson Hangover
• March 5, 2022

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Boris Johnson Hangover,” a look at the painful politics of post-Brexit Britain and how the party might be over for its leader, with Garret […]

Profs & Pints: Britain Beneath the Frosting
• July 8, 2019

Profs and Pints presents: “Britain Beneath the Frosting,” a look at Brexit, baking shows, and other ingredients of a troubled empire, with Sam Wetherell, lecturer on British and World History […]

‘Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret’
• September 26, 2018

Reviewed by Kitty Kelley The book cover shouts “rollicking, irresistible, un-put-downable.” The blurbs trumpet “original, hilarious, memorable,” even “a level of genius.” Even if all that praise for “Ninety-Nine Glimpses […]