Threads of defiance

The Dandy: A People’s History of Sartorial Splendour ...

Fashion is gloriously pleasurable to describe but fiendishly difficult to analyse. It is a cultural phenomenon that tugs in two directions—on the one hand, we (and to a greater or lesser extent almost

When skirts, tights and frills were the hallmarks of masculinity

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

How beauty was reconciled with Darwinian theory

No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from ...