HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 | History Defined

Landmark 120-year-old Hamilton home hits the market

'If you have ever been to Hamilton, you would know this house.'

Newcastle Herald · Nov 8, 2023

No utopia: experts question Elon Musk’s vision of world without work

Using AI to create less and better work would benefit society but getting rid of it altogether would be unproductive, experts say

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

The Guardian view on the British Library’s digital archive: a new life for Chaucer

Editorial: The latest collection to go online reveals the six centuries of influence of a medieval giant who predated the printed press

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2023

Princess Kate was 'bullied' teen who transformed into 'beauty' that made the boys go wild

Kate Middleton used to be a self conscious teenager who was "thin and pale" and had "very little confidence" before she met Prince William at St Andrews University.

Daily Record · Jun 30, 2023

The Rossettis at Tate Britain review: an ‘evocative’ and occasionally ‘poignant’ show

The Rossettis were a “weird” bunch, said Melanie McDonagh in the Evening Standard. Born in London to Italian political exiles and raised to be “precocious artists and poets”, they were a major fixture of Victorian Britain’s cultural landscape. Dante Gabriel (1828-82), a painter, would become the co-founder and de facto…

The Week · Apr 21, 2023

The Rossettis review – lurid, luscious-lipped beauties drown out the family’s real talent

Dante Gabriel’s paintings are shown up by his sister Christina’s poetry in this baffling, overblown exhibition about the decidedly non-revolutionary pre-Raphaelites

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023

The Rossettis at Tate Britain review: a hothouse of sensuousness and big hair

There’s poetry on the walls in this fascinating examination of these mainstays of the Pre-Raphaelite movement

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2023

IKEA's new heritage prints are an easy shortcut to make a room look expensive – at under $30

From bedding to curtains and everything in between, these floral fabrics nail the pattern trend

Livingetc · Mar 30, 2023

Why Old Norse myths endure in popular culture

From Wagner to William Morris in the late 19th century, via Tolkien’s dwarves and CS Lewis’s The Last Battle, through to last year’s controversial film The Northman, Scandinavian gods and heroes have been central to the stories we tell ourselves.

The Conversation · Mar 14, 2023

‘Trump-like madness!’– our critic’s verdict on Boris Johnson’s £200,000 No 11 refurb

Carrie and the PM blew £7,560 on sofas, £8,500 on lamps – and £3,675 on a ‘Nureyev drinks trolley’ that actually features two pairs of brass hands desperately clinging on. Is this the most metaphorical home accessory ever?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022