The author of a Spanish literary masterpiece

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Bernard Mandeville’s defence of private vices with public benefits

From exploding lightbulbs to the Knights Templar – via Ron Howard and the Daleks

Goethe’s achievement as artist, scientist and statesman

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