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Civilization in Every Pot: Civilization in Every Pot

Michael Garval

By Michael Garval (Regular Contributor) It’s said that beloved French Renaissance king Henri IV p… Read More
Summer Reading from Emma B.: Summer Reading from Emma B.

Robin Maxwell

By Susan Hiner, Guest Contributor Bonjour! It’s me, Emma B.[1] Looking for a good book? …… Read More
A Jewish Writer Revived by Her Daughters: A Jewish Writer Revived by Her Daughters

Raquelle Bostow

By Susan Rubin Suleiman (Guest Contributor) Fall is the season for the big literary prizes in Fra… Read More
The Chameleon in the Classroom: The Chameleon in the Classroom

Helen King

By Helen King (Monthly Contributor) This is a story of illness and magic from the fourth century… Read More
A Throne Fit for a Courtesan: A Throne Fit for a Courtesan

Cara Wilson

By Catherine Hewitt (Guest Contributor) Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was one of 19th-century Par… Read More

‘All Manner of Optick Glasses After the Latest Manner’

June 14, 2013 By Lucy Inglis

Should physicians treat their enemies?

June 10, 2013 By Helen King

The Ordeal of Opal Petty

June 9, 2013 By Jack El-Hai

Who Were the First Recreational Mountain Climbers?

June 6, 2013 By AdrienneMayor

Reading Women, and Reading Women

May 20, 2013 By tracybarrett

Stranger Magic

May 18, 2013 By PamelaToler

Secrets of a Roman Sewer

May 15, 2013 By Caroline Lawrence

The famous surgeons of St Bartholomew’s Hospital

May 13, 2013 By Lucy Inglis

Fun with pigs

May 10, 2013 By Helen King