Today’s featured articles
Did two paintings by the Italian master Caravaggio end up in a backstreet shop in Avignon?
The new government of an independent India sought to curtail the influence of the old princely order. When the Maharani of Jaipur entered politics in 1962, it had a popular problem to contend with.
The story of Thomas Jefferson’s bible, his own version of the Gospels.
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Martyrdom of an Old Believer
The Archpriest Avvakum Petrov was burned in Pustozersk on 14 April 1682.
All Among the Watchtowers
A new book claims to be the definitive history of the GDR. Is it? And don’t we have those already?
Lost Movies
Almost three quarters of the golden age of Hollywood has been lost. Preservation only began when film came to be seen as art.
The Death of Stalin’s Son
Yakov Dzhugashvili’s death in a German concentration camp 80 years ago was kept a secret for decades.
Don’t Look Up
Hawai‘i’s Mauna Kea is among the best places in the world to study the universe, but the construction of a new super telescope is about more than astronomy.
Reflecting on the Past
A valedictory column provides a chance to reflect on a decade grappling with what history is and how it should be written.
The Liberation of Lilith
Remembered as Adam’s first wife, a child-killing demon and a feminist hero, who was Lilith?
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