- August 8, 2025
Subterranean World of the Paris Catacombs Has a Fascinating History
The world’s largest bone repository will have its first complete shutdown since opening to the public over two centuries ago.
Medieval Knight's Grave Unearthed Beneath Ice Cream Parlor
Archaeologists in Gdansk, Poland have made an extraordinary discovery beneath the floor of a beloved ice cream parlor, unearthing a
Mental Health and the 17th-Century Ship’s Doctor
In September 1649 ship’s surgeon John Conny was deeply relieved and praised God that ‘all our men [are] in reasonable
Reduce and Seduce at the Teenage Beauty Farm
When it opened in the Malibu mountains in 1962, the ‘Teen-Age Beauty Farm’ – a combination spa, charm school, weight-loss
The Battle for Britain’s First Book of the Month Club
In October 1929 thousands of members of Britain’s Book Society received a new hardback through the post. Whiteoaks, by an
Plato’s Last Word to Dionysius
By the time Plato departed the court of Dionysius the Younger in 361 BC, his relations with the Syracusan autocrat
Swahili on the Road | History Today
In March 1960 Julius Nyerere – then leader of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) – sat down with former
Renaissance Florence’s Missing Bronzes | History Today
It was the greatest contest in the history of art – and arguably the most mysterious too. The year was
A Royal Skeleton in the Chapel
In June 1925 a sarcophagus was discovered in Dorset’s Sherborne Abbey and widely reported to be that of ‘Ethelbert’, a
Politicising Abortion in the United States
Lizzie and Frank Ward started seeing each other in early 1860. They went for walks in the northern Pennsylvania woods,