Breathing Easily
The ancient world found ingenious solutions for protective equipment in the workplace – but did its workers benefit?
Volume 70 Issue 7 July 2020
The Field of Cloth of Gold
Five hundred years ago, in a spirit of rivalry and cooperation, two young Renaissance monarchs asserted their power and authority at one of the last great demonstrations of the chivalric age.
The Early Life of Gibberish
What does it mean to speak gobbledygook, mumbo-jumbo or jargon? Such words are more fraught than the playful games of the Jabberwocky suggest.
On Her Most Serene Republic’s Secret Service
Venice developed the most sophisticated intelligence network in Renaissance Europe, securing it from enemies within and without.
Child Voters
In the politically chaotic decades before true universal suffrage, some infants found a way to vote in British elections.