Volume 72 Issue 5 May 2022

Igor Stravinsky’s ‘shockingly contemporary’ The Rite of Spring ​​​​premiered on 29 May 1913.

Anne of Kyiv married Henry I, king of the Franks, on 19 May 1051.

An important beast of burden cast from the sweat of the sun. 

‘We cannot ignore the long legacies of history.’

What did British officers think of the American Civil War as it was happening?

Demolishing the myths surrounding Mary Seacole.

Writing in troubled times, Julian of Norwich realised that consolation only has meaning if it takes pain seriously.

Bringing together revolution’s most ardent theorists and its fiercest critics.