Today’s featured articles
Medieval women’s bodies were a battleground: they were either irretrievably sinful, or they were Christ-like.
The histories of sixteen great cathedrals from Hagia Sophia to Santa Maria del Fiore.
The Ministry of Food was founded to help people survive rationing and to bolster morale, which became particularly important at Christmas.
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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?
An Eggless Christmas
The Ministry of Food was founded to help people survive rationing and to bolster morale, which became particularly important at Christmas.
Khans of Crimea
The Crimean Khanate was the last surviving heir of Chinggis Khan’s dynasty. Respected, feared and reviled, it found itself caught between empires.
The Finnish Club War
The Cudgel War broke out on 25 November 1596, in Kyrö, South Ostrobothnia.
Books of the Year 2022
Our year in reading covers the year’s major anniversaries such as Partition, Stalingrad and the March on Rome as well as space travel, English law and, of course, the Tudors.
Death of Thomas Tallis
One of the first – and greatest – composers of English Protestant church music died on 23 November 1585.
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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.
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