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Italian composer Paolo Buonvino delved deep into the musical heritage of his native Sicily to create the score for Netflix’s ...

The movies that have stood the test of time do so with complex storylines, masterful characterisations, and top-notch acting.

Stuck in bed with period cramps? Over-the-counter painkillers just aren’t doing the trick? Some say this natural food may be the fix. Raw carrots are all the rage among social media users who ...

As every manuscript of the period was copied by hand, it means each one is distinctive and reflects the variations introduced by medieval scribes. This one is believed to belong to the short version ...

“Medicine in the medieval period wasn’t simply superstition or blind trial-and-error; it was guided by elaborate and sophisticated ideas about the body and the influence upon it of the wider world and ...

The record follows early singles “Delusional” and “Joyride” as the latest preview of Period, stylized as the punctuation mark (.), the forthcoming sixth studio album from Kesha ...

Medieval England was a dangerous place. Murder rates are estimated to have been between 20 to 50 times higher than today, meaning violent deaths were a regular occurrence. But in a world without ...

It is the only surviving fragment of a lost medieval manuscript telling the tale of Merlin and the early heroic years of King Arthur's court. In it, the magician becomes a blind harpist who later ...

In medieval India, conflict between rulers often ... had destroyed mosques and built Hindu temples in their stead in the 1658-1659 period. Yet, he became one of Aurangzeb’s highest-ranking ...

A new release that's had everyone talking, A Thousand Blows tells the tale of the Forty Elephants, an all-female crime syndicate operating in London's East End in the 1880s. Led by Mary Carr (Erin ...