How Dorando Pietri lost the 1908 Olympic marathon gold medal
Italian long distance runner who turned failure into success
Suzy Solidor & La Vie Parisienne
Lesbian entrepreneur, actress, singer and 'the most painted woman in the world'
Reading and debating at the Arts Faculties
University life in the middle ages
February begins, Italy sings – 72 years of the Sanremo Music Festival
How Sanremo changed the way of doing music, television and entertainment
Explorers of China
We follow the tracks of great China explorers and revisit their accounts of life behind the Great Wall.
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Trophies
Contemporary silver masterpieces from the 'Battle of the Blues'
Exploring the films of director Fatih Akin
Belonging and identity in contemporary multicultural Germany
European Capital of Culture 2022
Esch-sur-Alzette, Kaunas and Novi Sad in the spotlight
Discovering Dreesen: a pioneering German photographer
Photographer, globetrotter, influencer
The Chinese Garden
Traditional Chinese garden design connects the realm of the physical with that of the ideal, to express the harmony that should exist between humans and nature.
Lilly Steinschneider, Hungary's first female pilot
Conquering the skies in 1912
Abdullah Frères, Ottoman photographers
Documenting life in Constantinople and the Ottoman Empire
How the Carolingian dynasty changed how we read
Learn how the Frankish noble family helped popularise and standardise written text as we know it now.
Private and public reading
Different reading practices in the Middle Ages
Ismail al-Jazari: The Muslim inventor who may have inspired Leonardo da Vinci
Uncover the story of the 12th century polymath who laid the groundwork for modern engineering, hydraulics and robotics.
Monastic mealtimes
Nourishment for body and soul
Photographers Augusta and Anna Curiel
Sisters who chronicled early 20th century life in Suriname
Jesuits in China, Part 2
Learn about the intrigue, spying, and political and religious opposition that would lead the Jesuits to be banned from China for almost 100 years.
From Easter to Emperor
Monastic annals and the evolution of medieval historiography