Lessons from a Renaissance Woman: Isabelle d’Este

Faye Jaoko Topham explores the lessons on collecting and trinkets to be learned from Isabelle d’Este, a Renaissance woman

How Mesoamerican culture inspired The Legend of Zelda

Sofia Davies-Jurado analyses the impact that real-world cultures, such as Mesoamerica, had on the world of Zelda’s open-world games

This month in history: December

El Dorado: myth and history explored

Heroes or victims? The soldiers who fought hoof and paw for victory

From suspicious to trendy: how running reached the podium of popular sport

Empires of Contrast? Comparing England and Spain’s approaches to the Colonisation of America.

The Royal family: The evolution of portraiture from dynasty to domesticity

The UK’s housing crisis: how did it start?

The Guglielmites