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The Birth and Death of the Office
Is the office the height of bureaucractic efficiency, or an unnecessary evil?
Caravaggio Lost at Sea
Did two paintings by the Italian master Caravaggio end up in a backstreet shop in Avignon?
A Woman Runs for President
Victoria Claflin Woodhull was ratified as the Equal Rights Party’s candidate for the presidency on 6 June 1872.
Goodbye to the Vikings
The term ‘Viking’ as it is commonly used is misleading, warping our perception of the Middle Ages. It should be retired.
Burn in Hell
In 1022 heretics were discovered in northern France and burned to death for their crimes. But what caused this outbreak of radical thought?
