Jane Austen’s novels read as the ultimate in romantic fiction, where heroines fallen on hard times are saved by decent and ...

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Kate Masur, the John D. MacArthur Chair and Professor of History at Northwestern University, delivered the 2025 Fulton ...

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(Image credit: © Caroline Walker. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York; GRIMM, Amsterdam / New ...

One of the most overlooked authors in the list, Mary Shelley is responisble for writing the first-ever science fiction story.

Swords 1 to 6 have been identified as 19th century Dahomean swords and sword 7 is a European cutlass or couteau de chasse dated to the second half of the 18th century. Credit: Heritage (2025). DOI ...

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Lucy Worsley explores The Yorkshire Witch in the latest episode of Lady Swindlers. She talks about a curious case from the ...

Women artists are out there and not so difficult to find, but once we find them, we have to accept the fact that the art ...

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Alcott's 1868 novel Little Women became a classic hit and is widely considered an important piece of feminist fiction.