The medieval era is often viewed through the eyes of the elites: the kings, queens, knights and church leaders who dominated Europe at the time. But what would life have been like for the ordinary people who made up the vast majority of the...
Ein Gotteskrieger?
Mitten im Ersten Weltkrieg schuf der Tiroler Bildhauer Johann Baptist Moroder im Auftrag der Regierung in Wien dieses Nagelbild. Es ist eine jener Propaganda-Skulpturen, wie sie damals auf vielen Marktplätzen standen, um...
Collecting the opinion pieces of Sir Patrick Moore into a single anthology has proven to be an emotional trip down memory lane; a sharp reminder, to paraphrase Brian May, that while there will never be another Patrick Moore, we were lucky to have...
I can’t remember the first time I looked at the Moon, nor when I realised that it was a hunk of rock rather than a ball of cheese. As far back as I can recall it has always been there, a fact as plain as the sky is blue, a constant companion as...