Not Just the Tudors: When Europe met Islam
In the Early Modern period the boundaries between Christian and Islamic civilisations were far more porous than we imagine: Isaac Newton’s library included Arabic biographies of the Prophet Muhammad; the…
Chinese Porcelain
A BBC Documentry
History Extra podcast: Giuseppe Garibaldi
He led one of history's most celebrated guerrilla campaigns, showed remarkable political acumen, and drove aristocratic English women wild. Is it any wonder that Giuseppe Garibaldi is one of the…
A brief history of singular ‘they’
The Oxford English Dictionary traces singular they back to 1375, where it appears in the medieval romance William and the Werewolf.
What is the Kaaba?
religion for breakfast
Death By Lightning
Death By Lightning is an American historical drama miniseries created by Mike Makowsky and based on the 2011 book Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard. It stars Michael Shannon…
The Origins of Infant Baptism
Religion for Breakfast
Why Ancient Christians Destroyed Greek Statues
Religion for Breakfast
The Amish Explained
The Amish appear a lot in pop culture, but they're also frequently misrepresented and mythologized. So what do the Amish actually believe and practice?
The Origins of Lilith
Adam's First Wife?