Saturday, 31 October 2015

The Witches of Ancient Rome and London

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Since the time of the Renaissance, ancient Rome has frequently been presented as a supremely rational society, informed by philosophy and lo...
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Friday, 23 October 2015

Who were the Celts? Art, Identity and Myth in Ancient Europe

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For those of us living in the United Kingdom, a current exhibition at the British Museum, and a recent three-part television documentary, ha...
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Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Berlin - The Diary of a Nightmare - A Remarkable Testament of the Second World War

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It is one thing to take an interest in history, quite another to immerse oneself in primary sources: the letters; diaries; administrative do...
Saturday, 10 October 2015

A History of the World in 50 Novels - 32 - "Tierra del Fuego," by Sylvia Iparraguirre

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Sometimes history is driven forward by an accidental coincidence of circumstances. In 1830, when HMS Beagle was exploring the maze of channe...
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Monday, 5 October 2015

Ghosts of China Past and Present: The Compelling Vision of Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei's current exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts is his first major retrospective in the United Kingdom. His name has long be...
Monday, 28 September 2015

Negotiating with the Unexplained - Megaliths in the Popular Imagination

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All around Europe, from Spain to Sweden and from Greece to Portugal, are conspicuous stone monuments for which, until the mid-19th Century, ...
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Thursday, 24 September 2015

In Search of the Picturesque - Georgian Views of Landscape

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In an  earlier blog-post , I explored the institution of the "Grand Tour," an extended trip through Europe to engage with the clas...