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Finbar Hawkins' novel Witch tells the story of teenage Eveline, who sees her mother murdered by witch hunters and struggles to keep her...

The Favorite is a movie that tells the (fictionalized, edited) story of a snippet of the life of Queen Anne (of England) and two ladies who...

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Boston Molasses Disaster, wherein a giant tank of molasses burst and caused immense destruction. ...

I know what you're thinking. You're wondering, "what can I watch and listen to to better imitate Lila in thought, action, and d...

The  Musée de Cluny  (alternately, the Musée national du Moyen Âge;  wiki ) is a lovely museum in the center of Paris, focusing on the middl...

'Tis the season to review the year and my performance. What skills have I improved? What lessons have I learned? What have I achieved? W...

There is a homework due this morning. The single most popular post on the course message board occurred last night. 1:10am: "do we h...

The exterior of the National Museum of the American Indian is a very appealing textured series of waves, spun to be vertical walls.  T...

I revisited the royal   chapel today with my favorite PhD tour guide. The usual flair for historical detail and neat technical observation...

The streets of Paris were quiet today, and fairly empty. I think people stayed in, or stayed out of the city. It was one of those surreal af...

On the journées de patrimoine ("heritage days"), buildings and locations in Paris that are usually closed to the public become, ...

The site of the shipwreck of the Annie C. Maguire is commemorated with this painted white message, on the site of the wreck: This p...

Hilary Mantel's sequel to the incredible Wolf Hall is called Bring up the Bodies , and it continues the terse and sparse storytelling a...

Hilary Mantel 's fictional take on the life of Thomas Cromwell , Wolf Hall , is a novel unlike any other I have ever read. It is told in...

The Tower of London has an enormous art installation in remembrance of World War I . It is dramatic and impresses on me the image of a torre...

Previous experience from only Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog had incompletely prepared me to visit Coventry Cathedral. (And i...

Queen Elizabeth I has been sighted, haunting picturesque Kenilworth Castle picturesquely, pausing hither and thither to strike a regal po...

I spent a fantastic afternoon in the science museum. I have a new favorite dongle. It's the Jacquard loom! I must have watched the wor...

The buildup to Versailles is extreme. The grandest palace, built specifically to overawe the world (and nobles!) with the magnificence ...

Many parks in Paris are wired for free public wifi. As if we needed any further inducement to linger in their lovely, blossoming luxury. The...