I first came to Italy in 2015, when I took on an internship at Florence’s Institute of Prehistory. I loved the work, the weather and the people (not to mention the language — difficult though it was). But as the…
How to Visit Puglia on a Budget By Alexander Meddings Stretching along the side of Southern Italy’s heel, the coastal region of Puglia is an unspoilt gem of beautiful beaches, little known cities, and architectural wonders. It doesn’t have the…
Now and then in today’s interconnected world, it happens that the person you love fucks off to another country. This leaves you in a bit of a tricky predicament. Either you continue to be together (although not technically together), or…
The scale of the First World War's slaughter is almost incomprehensible - the bloodshed of millions resulting in the loss of a generation. And the sluggishness of its commanders to adapt to its technological demands popularized the phrase: “lions led by donkeys”. But there were some generals whose brilliance shone out even through the gas clouds and hellish shellfire of the war’s front lines. This article endeavours to redeem them.
From Augustus' serial adultery to Nero's maternal incest, read on for a fun, factual exposè into the scandalous sex lives of the Caesars.
Sharia – شريعة in Arabic – roughly translates into English as the ‘path to the watering hole’, the watering hole being Allah. The imagery is simple and clear. Sharia represents a moral code, a sacred system of principles; in a less…
Some might say Julius Caesar was the most influential figure in Roman history. Others might argue it was Brutus, the man who drove out the last of Rome’s kings, or Augustus, who 700 years later, as Rome’s first emperor, would…
Celebrated national heroes are rarely treated unceremoniously after shaking off their mortal coil. It’s rarer still that such treatment might befall someone so beloved as to have a 50-meter-tall column dedicated to them in the center of London’s Trafalgar Square.…
It should come as little surprise that while away from the carnage on the Western Front, soldiers would seek out whatever carnal pleasures they could. During the bloodiest phase of the First World War, the average lifespan of a British…
Ah, the Victorian Age… You may have thought being named after and presided over by a strong female monarch like Queen Victoria (1837 – 1901) might have softened the rampant masculinity of the time. But you would be wrong. This was…
