Today’s featured articles
Following the Roman road to disaster in Parthia.
Did the first Christian Roman emperor appropriate the pagan festival of Saturnalia to celebrate the birth of Christ? Matt Salusbury weighs the evidence.
The Ministry of Food was founded to help people survive rationing and to bolster morale, which became particularly important at Christmas.
Most recent
On the Spot: Paul Cartledge
What’s the most exciting field in history today? The history of political thought.
Armless Fun?
In 1820 the discovery of an ancient Greek statue with missing arms posed more questions than answers.
Death from Above
In 1917 the roof of Westminster Hall was on the brink of collapse; death-watch beetles had bored through it.
The Body as Machine
The life of George Balanchine, the man behind a quintessential American ballet aesthetic.
How Angels Found their Wings
In the Bible, angels do not have wings. How did they come to take the form we know today?
Current issue
- Image
In the December issue:
Amazons, Ulster’s ‘Lost Counties’, Saints and Miracles in the Middle Ages, the Crimean Khanate, Welsh Soldiers in the American Civil War, Christmas rationing, angels, Chaucer, Books of the Year, Venus de Milo.
Plus: reviews, opinion, crossword and much more.