Author Archives: Sam Oates
Britain’s first commercial science periodical
Anna Gielas in the Guardian describes how William Nicholson paved the way for the steady and reliable circulation of Science with his Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts.
In Good Society…
A list of societies of which William Nicholson was a member: The Cannonians (around 1780) – this was the name of an informal dining club that met in a cookshop in Porridge Island near St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields. Richard Kirwan’s Philosophical Society (1780-1787) had … Continue reading
Q&A with Sue Durrell on William Nicholson
Sue Durrell is the editor of The Life of William Nicholson, a biography of an eminent Enlightenment figure whose significance to the scientific culture of the late eighteenth century has since been overlooked. Durrell and Peter Owen Publishers have revived this … Continue reading
Professor Frank James, Locating William Nicholson
Locating William Nicholson Frank A.J.L. James, Professor of the History of Science, the Royal Institution and University College London William Nicholson is best remembered for two things: his founding and editing of A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, … Continue reading
Naomi Frears – a painting for Ice
The new edition of Anna Kavan’s Ice features the brushwork of British artist Naomi Frears. In the painting Wish You Were Here the brightness of her female figure seems ready to fade into the desolate black background which, cracked and vaporous, might describe … Continue reading
Fraser Taylor – Peculiarities
Of all the titles available in the Cased Classics series, it is Yukio Mishima’s Confessions of a Mask which arguably features the most abstract and conceptual work of art beneath the dust jacket. The work comes from the series Peculiarities … Continue reading
