Modern

Gods and Giants: Gender Fluidity in Old Norse M...

In their book Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography, Spencer-Hall and Gutt draw upon the pioneering study Transgender Warriors in which Leslie Feinberg writes: “I couldn’t find myself in...

Gruoch, ‘Regina Scotorum’: The Woman Behind Sha...

Lady Macbeth has prevailed as one of Shakespeare’s most iconic villains for centuries. Her ambitious and tragic character is so evocative that it has almost completely overshadowed the life of...

Life in Tudor England by Jennifer Mullen

Food during Tudor times varied based on one’s wealth and reflected their social status. For the Tudors, one’s food was a display of their power. The more exotic the foods...

Smelling the Past: A Brief History of Perfume a...

Have you ever popped into Boots to go perfume shopping? Maybe duty-free was far too tempting on your last trip through the airport. Or perhaps you’re a fragrance connoisseur, curating...

Murder on the North London Railway by Tim Haske...

On Monday 14th November 1864, a German tailor by the name of Franz Muller was executed outside Newgate Prison to a crowd of around 50,000 spectators and so ended a...

Visions of Surrender: Eye-Witness Accounts of t...

The Partition of India accompanied its independence in 1947. Its causes, effects and death toll have been covered in excruciating detail by historians across the previous century and this one...