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HELEN CARR highlights events that took place in October in history
Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the
Jewish teenager who volunteered for the Dutch resistance ...
The platinum blonde in British history
With Hallowe’en out of the way, Christmas is the next big ghostly occasion in the UK traditional calendar. But what, one may wonder, of the rest of Europe? Ghost hunter Peter Underwood called Europe “
The Ear of the Beholder Huon Mallalieu (Thomas ...
“I am a Member of our funny little ...