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Australia’s decision to revoke Novak Djokovic’s visa is likely to have implications for worldwide sports teams.
The story can be traced back many centuries to a time of warfare between Christian European countries and the Muslim Ottoman Empire.
Science fiction is full of computer programmes and androids who fall afoul of the plots of some of Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedies.
There was a real man behind the swashbuckling hero who was as deft at sparring with his pen and sword as Rostand’s hero.
All over Europe, early medieval graves look like they were robbed long ago. But new research suggests that relatives re-opened them to take out heirlooms and make connections with the dead.
Rumours and gossip dominated his short reign and the stories were more than just about the Princes in the Tower.
Taking lessons from the past could help enrich our diets for little cost
It is up to us whether we buy a pack of cigarettes or new running shoes, right?
Arthur Conan Doyle wasn’t the only author spinning tales of cunning detectives.
An academic has developed a system to measure how much the golden ratio aligns with the plot elements of our all-time favourite Christmas films.
Eating codlings and electing bean kings were all part of the medieval Christmas and New Year festivities.
Whether you love it or hate it, Christmas music is unavoidable during the holiday season. But what makes a Christmas number one, and why is the music of yule so meaningful?
The journal of a Pre-Raphaelite writer might help explain today’s turn to spiritualism.
By looking back at my dad’s music collection I understand more clearly that the music I listened to as a child shaped my personality, destiny and view of the world.
A scrapbook is a blank canvas upon which any activist can paint their story.
It’s the story of a man who just wants to get home for Christmas.
No longer depicted as at a journey’s end, older women are living more out loud than ever in TV
An exhaustive reassessment of the brutal ritual challenges the received wisdom that the ‘blood eagle’ was a medieval invention.
Without this tiny, ubiquitous shellfish, the story of human life on Earth may have played out quite differently.
Three stories from Australia and the UK exploring the role of art in helping people deal with the challenges life throws at them. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
The story of how a teenage princess launched one of the first global charity campaigns.
Writing can help work through some of the emotions and boost wellbeing.
While many actors may aim to fully “become” their character with the use of “method acting” it seems there is a serious misunderstanding of the term and what its founder actually had in mind.
It’s a nice story but the picture used to illustrate the Christmas truce football match isn’t of it at all.