Divining interventions

In the spookiest month of the year, let fairy tales, fantasy and folklore be your guide…

Whether vestiges of paganism survived Europe’s Christianisation is a subject of enduring fascination. Scholarly debate navigates between the ‘maximalist’ position (much survived) and the ‘minimalist’

As the days shorten and the air begins to chill, the autumn equinox marks a change in the seasons and mood. In October, ribbons of mist float over gardens and fields, and at dusk, owls, foxes and deer

Chartarumludentist Anthony Wilkins [FT458:63] may wish to visit China. While living there in 2005 I found so many discarded playing cards on the ground that I was able to assemble a unique deck of 52

Ben Machell never believed in the supernatural. But when he started to investigate the work of a renowned parapsychologist, he found himself drawn into a strange new world

How Old Norse mythology endured in the Christian era