By now, you will be used to the feminist practice of finding a historical woman and rescuing her from the clutches of evil ...

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The crowd became the chorus last week as La Grange’s Emmanuel Episcopal Church brought to life George Frederic Handel’s ...

She was there when Jesus was crucified, yet no one knows much about her. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene. The Penitent Magdalene by Guido Reni.

The jury panel for the Booker Prize 2026, the world's most prestigious prize for a single work of fiction, has been announced. Mary Beard, a renowned classicist, author and broadcaster, will chair the ...

The historian is set to lead a ‘stellar’ 2026 panel featuring the Pulp frontman and other acclaimed writers, as the search begins for next year’s standout work of fiction ...

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker and BBC history and arts broadcaster Dame Mary Beard are among the judges for the 2026 Booker Prize. Dame Mary, 70, will chair the judging panel for the the fiction book ...

Mary Beard and Jarvis Cocker join judging panel of 2026 Booker prize - Raymond Antrobus, Rebecca Liu, and Booker Prize-shortlisted author Patricia Lockwood make up the rest of the ‘stellar’ group ...

Thinking outside the canon, and finding the gritty and the beautiful, within it. By Joshua Barone and Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim JOSHUA BARONE Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical ...