Today’s featured articles
Many of the ideas that shape football today were developed in the 1920s by a generation of Hungarian coaches.
Bram Stoker’s novel was a mixed blessing for Romania. It attracted tourists, but the legend was at odds with communist ideals and made a villain of a national hero.
Four historians consider the harm caused by those who should have helped their political masters.
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A Musical Riot
Igor Stravinsky’s ‘shockingly contemporary’ The Rite of Spring premiered on 29 May 1913.
Matters of Importance
There are several obstacles between Tudor women and their biographers. Bypassing them is a slow but necessary process.
The Underground Library
As the Nazis enclosed Warsaw’s Jewish quarter in a ghetto, a librarian set up a secret children’s library.
The Clown that Went out of Fashion
The age of Shakespeare, and its changing notions of what was funny, gave birth to modern comedy.
The Other 300
The undeniable power of the Gododdin, written by the sixth-century north-British poet Aneirin.
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