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Ancient India gave the world its number system, anti
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
The gargantuan, bewildering Louvre
Cultural Crusader
A Rajasthan tiger hunt picture and a silver kiddush cup from Khurasan with coeval inscriptions in Hebrew and Arabic starred at two sales that put the spotlight on the art of Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent
One Bath location that Jane Austen wrote about – criticising the houses as being too small – is New King Street. Come to number 19, in which several rooms recreate interiors in a typical 18th-century
This week’s dream: wonder and melancholy in eastern Turkey ...