August 2024

  • Now You See Us at Tate Britain: A Review

    Now You See Us at Tate Britain: A Review

    โ€œNow you see usโ€ is the title of an exhibition running at Tate Britain until October. It aims to place before us the output of British women artists over the course of half a millennium, from 1520 to 1920. Along the way, it plucks many names from oblivion and it…

  • Medieval Horizons

    Medieval Horizons

    Ian Mortimer, Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter, The Bodley Head, 2023. Reviewed by Charles Freeman When do the Middle Ages begin and end? I think AD 500 is a good starting point, following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476. Many studies do not get going…

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