Over the past few weeks, Rome has once again become the centre of far-right politics in Italy. For many in Italy and beyond, recent events
On 19 October 2021, a medieval Jewish prayer book was auctioned off at Sotheby’s New York for 8,307,000 US dollars. While the buyer wished to remain anonymous, many scholars of Jewish history are familiar with
“Two World Wars and one World Cup.” This is a frequent chant of English fans when facing their old football rivals: Germany. The chant refers
Vita and Virginia In the summer of 1940, as the German invasion of Britain seemed imminent, Vita Sackville-West sent her most treasured possessions to safety. Vita was living at Sissinghurst, a grand but now ruined Elizabethan house,
Foreign fighters – those who take part in conflicts independently of their home governments, for reasons other than financial gain – have become a highly
Recent events have marked the centenary of the truce agreed between Irish and British leaders on 9 July 1921, which came into effect two days