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19 days ago

Seriously Silly: The Life of Terry Jones by Robert Ross review – portrait of a Python

An affectionate biography of the polymath includes details of never-produced gems such as Monty Python’s Third World War

Terry Jones was a Python, a historian, a bestselling children’s author and a ve…

20 days ago

Here in Sweden, the Vikings are back. And this time they’re searching for stability in a chaotic age | Siri Christiansen

I joined a ‘sacrifice’ ritual outside Stockholm – and found that the revival of Norse paganism reflects broader battles over identity and climate anxiety

“Hail Thor!” The priestess and her heathens, s…

85 days ago

Who appeared in both film versions of West Side Story? The Saturday quiz

From Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers to rollers, tunnellers and dwellers, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Which German state sent its own team to the 1952 Olympics?
2 Eiichiro Oda’s One…

3 months ago

5 months ago

Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen review – anything can happen on this remote Scottish island

Life is turned upside-down by a new arrival, in this weird and charming tale of nature and family – with a guest appearance from the ghost of Robert Louis Stevenson

Often thought of as the northernmos…

7 months ago

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chicken scaloppine with mushrooms and marsala | A kitchen in Rome

A melt-in-the-mouth dish of fried tenderised chicken in a mushroom and sweet wine sauce

The term escalope is borrowed from the old French escalope, meaning “shell or carapace”, which is likely to be b…

Proto by Laura Spinney review – how Indo-European languages went global

The fascinating story of the ancient words that survive in the mouths of billions of speakers today

How did the language you’re reading this in come to exist? The Indo-European family of languages cov…

10 months ago

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