News from UH Press

Quintin McKellar publishes review of University sector

With clearsighted chapters on research and innovation and thoughtful excursions into funding and governance, together with some proposals for change, this is a trenchant review of today’s university landscape which nonetheless concludes that the current model of higher education is both highly effective and sufficiently adaptive.

02 May 2025 11:43am
New book reveals the enchanting story of the Norfolk Broads

This authoritative account will be essential reading for all with an interest in the history and ecology of Broadland. But it will also appeal to those who simply want to know more about the forces that have shaped the character of an iconic British landscape.

04 Nov 2024 11:43am
New biography brings a learned Tudor woman out of the shadows

Deborah Spring's deeply researched and compellingly readable book reveals Anne Bacon's extraordinary part in shaping the public story of Tudor history.

08 Oct 2024 11:38am
Classic history of St Albans revised and updated

Mark Freeman’s classic history of St Albans, first published in 2008, has been substantially rewritten by the author and brought fully up to date, making it an invaluable guide to more than two thousand years of St Albans’s history.

06 Nov 2023 11:10am
A Spotlight on Sevenoaks

New risk and choice concept heralds bold and original approach to writing local history.

28 Nov 2022 2:10pm
New publication explores the life and work of Hertfordshire agricutluralist

UH Press's latest offering is the first book about Ellis for over sixty years and the first to consider him fully in the round – as a farmer, an active member of his community, an innovative salesman and a wonderfully curious mind.

31 May 2022 3:56pm
New research examines seventeenth century Le Strange family

The latest title from UH Press offers new perspectives on the history of estate management, notably the role of women, the relationship with local communities and sustainability in agriculture.

25 Apr 2022 11:25am
New Book puts Princes' Castles in the Spotlight

The latest title from UH Press by a Bangor University academic aims to change our perceptions of native Welsh castles.

14 Feb 2022 4:57pm