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Diary: Lisa Jardine

Lisa Jardine — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:49:45 GMT

Deciphering the meaning of �down time�

Why cod wins out over colonialism

Lisa Jardine — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Is history the new cookery? Yes, judging by our appetite for books celebrating salt, chocolate and great men. We no longer want the past to challenge our assumptions; what we crave are stories that offer comfort and consolation for a world we have lost

Bodyworlds

Lisa Jardine — Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Museums - Lisa Jardine welcomes the revival of a dauntingly large collection of medical artefacts

The diarist as novelist

Lisa Jardine — Mon, 30 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Samuel Pepys: the unequalled self Claire Tomalin Viking, 499pp, �20 ISBN 0670885681

Labour of love

Lisa Jardine — Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Sonnets - Lisa Jardine gets in the mood for Valentine's Day with the Bard

Gold-diggers

Lisa Jardine — Mon, 26 Feb 2001 12:00:00 GMT

The Philosopher's Stone: a quest for the secrets of alchemy Peter Marshall Macmillan, 545pp, �9.99 ISBN 033376367X

Inside out

Lisa Jardine — Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:00:00 GMT

Art - Lisa Jardine on the horrifying beauty of the anatomised body

The lust for blood. What triggers landmark events in history is often fictions that people believe, not events that actually took place

Lisa Jardine — Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:00:00 GMT

Gentile Tales: The Narrative Assault on Late-Medieval Jews Miri Rubin Yale University Press, 266pp, �25

Female muse

Lisa Jardine — Mon, 21 Jun 1999 12:00:00 GMT

George's Ghosts: A New Life of W B Yeats Brenda Maddox Picador, 444pp, �20

Object of oppression

Lisa Jardine — Fri, 02 Apr 1999 12:00:00 GMT

Monica's Story Andrew Morton Michael O'Mara Books, 288pp, �16.99