Catherine of Siena’s American Daughters
Catherine of Siena (1347-80) was made a saint in 1461, less than a century after she died. In 1970 Pope
‘Queen James’ by Gareth Russell review
The Scottish throne was a blood-soaked inheritance. James I, crowned at just 11, was murdered in a sewer in 1437.
Early Modern Millers’ Tales | History Today
By the end of the medieval period millers had poor reputations. Chaucer’s miller in the Canterbury Tales was coarse, vulgar,
‘The Crisis of Colonial Anglicanism’ by Martyn Percy review
The morning after Edward VII was crowned King of Great Britain and Emperor of India in Westminster Abbey, Canon Welldon
Eid al-Fitr Celebration & Bazaar
Another Ramadan has come and gone. We are here again at the Eid al-Fitr Celebration & Bazaar in Beaverton, Oregon,
Wool Aliens of the British Empire
In the early 1910s a young woman set out every day to walk the river banks near Galashiels in the
‘Buddhism’ by Donald S. Lopez Jr. review
Early on in this masterful account of Buddhism’s emergence and spread throughout the world, Donald S. Lopez cautions his readers
Did Charles I Have to Die?
‘The king’s guilt was not in doubt’ Alice Hunt is Professor of Early Modern Literature and History at the University
Abdullah’s Bear Needs a Name by Yasmin Hanif illustrated by Sophie Benmouyal
I love the idea behind this 28 page book, and the illustrations are pretty great too, but I felt like
Have We Forgotten How to Listen to Lectures?
Seasoned readers of this column may recall an earlier appreciation of the benefits of boredom, specifically when it is brought
