When Vikings Invaded Italy
Dr Roy Casagranda
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…
Summer Fires
Giulia Sagramola
Night on Earth
Night on Earth is a 1991 comedy-drama anthology film written, produced, and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It is a collection of five vignettes that take place roughly simultaneously on the…
The Global Sumud Flotilla
aiming to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The Heretical Origins of the Sonnet
The lyrical poetic form’s origins can be traced back earlier than Petrarch.
Touring Casa Fornasetti: The Milanese Home with 3 Generations of Design Legacy | Visitors’ Book
The World of Interiors presents Visitors’ Book with Barnaba Fornasetti in Milan, Italy. The artistic director of Fornasetti—an internationally-renowned design company founded by his design-legend father, Piero Fornasetti—walks us through…
Pope of Math and Dark Magic
Continuing the theme of exploring Papal history, we discuss Gerbert of Aurillac, AKA Pope Sylvester II, who's scientific and mathmatical mind lead him to the highest seat of Catholic power.…
Rooted in the past: the plants that flourish in ruins
Nature plays a vital role in the life of historic buildings, from Rome’s Colosseum and Ninfa to derelict factories in Yorkshire