A roman reclines

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

Edmund Stewart is Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek History at the University of Nottingham

The repeated rise and fall of the tattoo

HAPPY birthday, dear Liv.” Olivia did her best not to roll her eyes. She would never be so ungracious – Jan was, after all, her oldest friend! She weighed the flat, rectangular parcel in her hand. “Yo

Different ways of dying across the British Isles

From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales