Found my hairstyle of the day on a nameless queen in a fourteenth-century manuscript, while a dim-witted gatekeeper leans out of his window, ready to pass comment on our hairdresser
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Bronze Gallic bracelet of the 3rd or 2nd century BC from the Bucquoy necropolis
This bronze bracelet, discovered in the Celtic necropolis of Bucquoy in the department of Val-d'Oise, is an outstanding example of Gallic jewellery-making. The ornament dates from the 3rd or 2nd century BC and belongs to the heyday of the La Tène culture. The piece is distinguished
How silver became the basis of the Ming tax system and why its shortage destroyed the dynasty
The emperors of the Ming dynasty, which ruled China from 1368 to 1644, were in dire need of silver in the sixteenth century. It went chiefly on prestige projects such as the Forbidden City in Beijing and the repair of the Great Wall. The historian Mark Cartwright writes in the
The White Mouse cocktail from London's The Stafford hotel and the life of spy Nancy Wake
Thirty millilitres of saffron gin, fifteen millilitres of fresh lemon juice, fifteen millilitres of honey and rosemary syrup, dry champagne and a star anise for garnish. The White Mouse cocktail is named after the legendary Nancy Wake, the most decorated servicewoman of the Second World War. The Gestapo nicknamed her
ARTPLAY Visual Dominant Open Call Terms and a Call to Read Contracts
How is this even a thing? Will there be any comment from the very party in question? And yes: young and not so young, seasoned hands and novices, the naive and the prudent alike, let us always read the contract with the utmost care. Whoever proposes that we sign it,