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Learning from the Pros 20 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
by Tracy Barrett (W&M contributor) A few weeks ago I attended the 42nd annual Summer Conference of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. The keynote speakers were stars—writers, il...
The very individual journey of novelists 16 Aug 2013 | 10:10 pm
by Stephanie Cowell It strikes me what great individual journeys each and every novelist has had…different joys, different frustrations. As a writer you start off wanting to tell stories; somewhere a...
The Egyptian Hall 16 Aug 2013 | 12:52 am
By Lucy Inglis (W&M Contributor) Eighteenth century Piccadilly was a place for all sorts of curiosities to be displayed. Almost opposite Burlington House, at 170–173 Piccadilly, a Starbucks coffee sh...
The Secret of Vesuvius 14 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
by Caroline Lawrence Girolamo Ferdinando De Simone is an Italian-born, Oxford-educated archaeologist based in Naples. We met via Twitter because he likes my children’s book, The Secrets of Vesuvius, ...
On Faking Virginity 11 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
by Elizabeth C. Goldsmith (W&M Contributor) Virginity was a precious commodity on the marriage market in the early modern era, and it continues to be in some cultures today. A couple of years ago,...
“Call the Midwife” – or knit your own womb 10 Aug 2013 | 10:34 am
By Helen King (W&M Regular Contributor) (this post develops an earlier version that first appeared in July 2013 on http://departu.org.uk) It was one of those moments that only happens when academ...
The “Gnome” of the Wrestling Ring 9 Aug 2013 | 10:01 am
by Jack El-Hai, Wonders & Marvels contributor Maurice Tillet was a bear of a man: He stood 67 inches, weighed 270 pounds, and had the strength to tug a subway car along its tracks. He seemed a perfec...
Removing Bad Tattoos in Antiquity 6 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
by Adrienne Mayor (Wonders & Marvels contributor) Today’s unwanted gang tattoos, names of ex-lovers, outgrown cartoons, misspelled mottoes, and other mistakes on skin are printed over with complex de...
The Curious Case of the Mummy in the Cupboard 20 Jul 2013 | 12:06 am
By Jo Marchant It has not been a peaceful afterlife. Since its discovery 90 years ago, Tutankhamun’s mummy has repeatedly been disturbed in the name of research – from its dramatic unwrapping in the ...
The Emperor Changes His Mind 18 Jul 2013 | 06:32 pm
by Pamela Toler Emperors tend to be known for their military conquests: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Napoleon. The emperor Ashoka, who ruled the Maurya empire of India from 269 ...
