Customs & traditions

How should noodles be eaten? Who ought to stand for whom? Far from being preserved in aspic, etiquette must evolve to suit modern life, argues William Hanson

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’

AFRICAN FOLKLORE

Matt Elton How do the kinds of records created now and in the recent past differ from those left in previous centuries? Jane Winters Records and sources now come in a whole range of formats. In some c

‘Do I need to know which fork to use for the fish?’

Danny Bird How did you go about uncovering women’s central – and obscured – role in economic history? Victoria Bateman I’ve taught economic history for 20 years, and I wanted to bring together the man