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Rachel Parikh explains how this period of cultural, ar
From miasma to miracles: how medieval medicine desperately battled the bubonic plague
How scientific and technological advancements have expanded the possibilities of human creativity
There were 13 men: unlucky for someone. They were dressed to kill – but so was everyone else. In what was essentially an army camp, crammed with armed men, the assailants blended right in. Moving casu
Barbara Rosenwein opens her new book with descriptions of the diverse ways her female friends and relatives have experienced old age – some declining into dementia, others enjoying healthy, independen
What the scientists are saying… A new ...
When I first heard the classical music of North India, my musical world shifted on its axis. I was in the cinema, watching Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali, which had just opened in the UK and was takin
