I wrote this essay as part of my Genetics course assesment at UCL.

This essay examines what Skaldskaparmal can tell us about Snorri Sturluson's conceptualisation of the kenning and his justification of it as the primary mode of poetic diction within skaldic verse.  

This essay was written for the module Key Issues in Contemporary Societies as part of the BSc Sociology course at the London School of Economics.

This essay was written for the course Complex Emergencies as part of a master's degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science. By sharing this work I hope to generate discussion on the issues raised.

With books such as Berlin and Stalingrad, Antony Beevor has already secured a place in the pantheon of WWII historians. His new D-Day is no dissapointment. A great read and a balanced and well-researched account.

David Aaronovitch sets out to debunk conspiracy theories, from the 1937 show trials in Stalin's Russia to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. A compelling read.

This article on the interpretation of Giorgione's Tempest was first published in Art History, vol. 18, no. 3, September 1995. In re-publishing the article here I intend to meet criticisms, update my citations, revise where necessary and solicit further discussion of points at issue.

To her death, Leni Riefenstahl would assert that her close association with the Nazis was down to youthful naïveté. Steven Bach's Leni biography demonstrates that there was nothing naive about the maker of 'Triumph of the Will'.

Giorgione's self portrait as David is lost in the original but known through copies. This article suggests an intellectual and artistic context, in which it might have been read in terms of the paragone between the arts. Taken from Poetry on Art: Renaissance to Romanticism, ed. Thomas Frangenberg Donnington, 2003.

At the foot of Monte Baldo, only a stone’s throw from Lake Garda, Rivoli looms above the Adige valley in a part of Italy that is both picturesque and popular among travellers. Here on 14 January 1797 Napoleon defeated the Austrian army under General Alvinczy's command.

A list of Napoleon's headquarters during the Italian Campaign 1796 – 1797.

During the French Revolutionary Wars art thefts were an integral part of the French authorities' policy towards conquered territories. This guide tracks down the churches, museums and collections raided by Napoleon during the Italian Campaign 1796 - 1797.

This travel planner offers an overview of historic trails to do with Napoleon's campaign in northern Italy 1796 – 1797, a spectacular chapter in military history which saw the rise of the young Napoleon's military genius.