The tea-rific history of Victorian afternoon tea
Source: British Museum's blog
In celebration of Afternoon Tea week, food historian Tasha Marks explores the history of the much-loved afternoon treat.
Tasha Marks, food historian 14 August 2020
The Duchess of Bedford
It’s...
Gothic Vocab: The Grotesque
Source: The Gothic Library
Perhaps more so than the other vocabulary words we’ve discussed thus far (the sublime and the uncanny), “grotesque” is a term you’re just as likely to hear thrown...
An Animated Introduction to Medieval Taverns: Learn the History of These Rough-and-Tumble Ancestors of...
Source: Open Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpUyJx2RurE
When I think of the medieval tavern, I see grim footage from Bergman’s The Seventh Seal and grimy drinking scenes from Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings. While only the first...
Pandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes review – rescuing women in Greek myths
Source: The Guardian, 8 Oct 2020
Helen of Troy, Aphrodite, Medea ... putting women centre stage in an enjoyable, witty look at the ways in which their stories have been...
How to Sack an Empire: On Goths, Huns, and the Fall of Rome
Source: LitHub
By Dan Jones
For those alert to signs hidden in the fabric of the world, the Roman Empire’s collapse in the west was announced by a series of omens....
Why we are living in ‘Gothic times’
Source: BBC
By Hephzibah Anderson14th March 2021
There is a surge in goth-lit that channels our fears and anxieties. Hephzibah Anderson explores how the genre's past and new stories delve deep...
The History of Ancient Greece | Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/5K3xjFkYA1Fsl7uDLVfnIG
The Real Spartacus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1-xhoJQLHU&fbclid=IwAR3Auxu4rGt37dIYoOSRSEwTiCOrwH_H0bzEOlJz9vboACRppJtVWsVukQ8
Nostalgia reimagined
Neuroscience is finding what propaganda has long known: nostalgia doesn’t need real memories – an imagined past works too
Source: Aeon.co, July 20th, 2020
By Felipe De Brigard *
He was still...
Art History Resources
Source: Art History Resources
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Prehistoric Art
Art in Ancient Egypt
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Prehistoric Art: General
Paleolithic Art
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Art in Ancient Egypt Pre-Dynastic, Early Dynastic, Old...