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In the seventh instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes how disparate Hunnic tribes coalesced into the unified force that would terrorize Europe.
“Things were bleak, they really were. Yet nobody was singing about that side of life, which is why we thought we should.”
Netflix somehow managed to turn the most talented, beloved, and complex American musician in history into a two-dimensional domestic villain.
These great books should be read together, for each illuminates a different part of the American character.
In the 16th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ historian Greg Koabel describes how Samuel de Champlain overcame a decade of frustration by finally establishing a successful French fur-trading monopoly.
The Ancient Greek sculptures are a bellwether of where the “decolonization” of museums is headed.
In his latest novel, Tom Piazza imagines the finest meeting of American minds never to have happened.
In a new book, Rachel Chrastil artfully illuminates the history of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, in all its senseless horror.
William Friedkin’s horror classic is 50 years old.
Christmas offers a chance to remind ourselves of the intellectual debt that our editors and writers owe to the Christian tradition.
A new exhibition in LA offers a rare chance to enjoy still photography by one of the world’s most talented cinematographers.
A tribute to three pop-fiction authors who passed away this year.
In the sixth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the rise of the Huns, who struck terror into the hearts of Goths and Romans alike.
A charming exhibition at London’s Charles Dickens Museum provides a fascinating glimpse into the private lives of two great English writers.
In the fifteenth instalment of his series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes Henry Hudson’s tragic 1610-11 voyage to the saltwater bay that now bears his name.