The Wing of Friendship
Charles Dickens’ most enduring friendship was with his sister-in-law, who has been remembered as his housekeeper.
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Ancient Outtakes
Depicting an ancient world in which Amazons fought alongside men, winds had distinct characters, and tortoises sang.
American Moppets
Americanised globalisation and the new world of Russian business in the 1990s.
The First Folio
The stage has a short memory, print a long one: 400 years since its first publication, Shakespeare’s First Folio is the reason we remember him.
A Life of Retirement
The Roman veterans village of Karanis in Egypt did not change the world. Its ordinariness is what makes it remarkable.
Asia and Africa Unite
In 1955, the Bandung Conference brought together post-colonial nations in the hope of forging a new solidarity. Could such disparate countries overcome their inherent differences?
Fostering the Foundlings
The governors of the London Foundling Hospital recruited an external network of nurses to care for children. For many, the bonds established endured.
On the Spot: Richard J. Blackett
‘I’d like to go back to midnight on 1 January 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.’
Codes and Crowns
Fifty encrypted letters sent by Mary, Queen of Scots have recently been deciphered. What have we learnt?
Death of an Intrepid Traveller
Elizabeth Justice, writer of the first female-authored book of travel writing to be published in English, died on 15 March 1752.