New Statesman2d
Why do so few wine-makers speak of love?
The American artist turns 19th-century paintings of women into celebrations of friends, family and lovers – with plenty of ...
The New York Times29d
Book Review: ‘Bright Circle,’ by Randall Fuller
“Bright Circle" brings together five women associated with Transcendentalism — a school of thought that arose in mid-19th-century Massachusetts ... with the men’s work than the women ...
The Art Newspaper3h
Could this Van Gogh have come from Nazi Germany?
APeasant Woman digging (summer 1885) is among the least known Van Gogh paintings in UK public collections. An important early work, it is normally on display at the University of ...
Free Black Staten Island settlers greatly contributed to 19th Century N.Y. economy through oyster industry
The oystermen knew Sandy Ground was a safe haven for them to have the freedom to work, learn and worship where it would not ...
The Viking age is welcoming a new kind of hero: women
New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...
How Valentine’s Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and ‘manufactured intimacy’
In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to ...
The Harvard Crimson8d
Daniel L. Smail on Deep History, Lateral Learning, and Bike Lanes
The Professor of History sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss 19th century forgeries, his new book, and why he considers ...
Telefonica17d
Spanish women inventors who have made history
The lollipop, the disposable syringe and the table football are well-known Spanish inventions, but they are not the only ones ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press12d
Winslow Homer watercolors from Sewanee family authenticated on ‘Antiques Roadshow’
A Sewanee woman and her daughter found themselves sitting on their hands at a Christie's auction in New York City in January, ...
The incredible true story behind brutal historical drama A Thousand Blows
A new historical drama, inspired by the lives of real people who lived in the East End of London in the 1880s, is set to blow ...
One day, three designers and a New York garment industry in decline
What three designers can teach us about the past, present and future of the garment industry in New York City.
Shropshire Star9d
Creating Carmen: Opera’s most famous femme fatale unmasked at Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
In partnership with music ensemble CarmenCo, theatre and music company The Telling presents a fun-filled music and theatre ...