A conversation with Byzantine luminary Averil Cameron.
Averil Cameron is one of the leading English-speaking scholars of late antiquity and Byzantium. She has made Byzantium, in particular,Continue Reading
Category: Culture
Five important history books of 2015.
Great empires and war have a strong presence in this list for 2015. First of all, Mary Beard’s SPQR: AContinue Reading
Joan of Arc: The Maid of Orleans.
Joan of Arc, wearing a breastplate and brandishing her banner, rode at the head of the uncrowned Charles VII’s armyContinue Reading
Some thoughts on Srebrenica 20 years on: the massacre the UN and Europe failed to stop and the end of the Bosnian war.
Please note that this article contains sensitive images of the Srebrenica massacre that may be upsetting to some readers. InContinue Reading
The Peacock, worshipped and revered around the world, and not just because he is a showoff.
The male peacock is a large pheasant (peafowl), usually blue or green and originally native to India. He is knownContinue Reading
The relics of St. Nicholas: From Myra to Bari and across Europe.
The remains of St. Nicholas, who is believed to be the inspiration behind our modern-day Santa Claus, are buried inContinue Reading
Amongst the ruins of Isca Augusta you may just find Adrian Goldsworthy.
The Isca Augusta was once a Roman legionary fortress and settlement. Why is it that over the centuries historians, fromContinue Reading
The Day We Almost Lost Da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ Forever!
On the 15th August, 1943, bombing destroyed the great cloister of the Santa Maria delle Grazie monastery, but miraculously sparedContinue Reading
History, writing, storytelling, poetry and my conversation with a good friend.
An overwhelming part of our human history is unrecorded. It is quite sketchy for us to know exactly what peopleContinue Reading
The Tale of Pomona and Vertumnus
The Romans worshipped an innumerable number of gods and goddesses. Many of these were first deities of the Etruscans whoContinue Reading
Rearview Mirror 