At a time when the Turkish rulers of Greece were conducting a profitable trade in ancient statues, Charles Fellows, an enlightened English tourist, rescued a precious hoard from Asia Minor. By Sarah Searight.
Alan Haynes describes how, for just over three centuries, Greek visitors often settled in England and associated with its clerics and learned men.
Joanna Richardson portrays the marriage of Alfred Tennyson and Emily Sellwood, which set the world a ‘radiant example of domestic happiness’.
Joanna Richardson introduces the creator of the popular press in France and a supreme example of the self-made man.
The legend of the disappearing continent has deep and ancient roots. By G.E. Millward, G.W. Evans, and L.E. Hull.
Stella Margetson describes how English drama arose from the series of religious plays in which men of the Middle Ages expressed their profound, but direct and simple faith.
Peter Petrie profiles an American journalistic pioneer, the founder and first editor of the New York Herald newspaper.
Ivan Morris describes how the idea of heroic failure has always exerted a strong hold on the Japanese imagination.
L. Curtis Musgrave describes how willingness among medieval students to battle for their rights’ that, during the course of years, helped to shape the modern university system.
Alan Haynes profiles a satirist, playwright and man of letters; Aretino led a prodigal and adventurous life in late Renaissance Italy.
