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80 days ago

Empires beware — when nature goes rogue, the political consequences can be devastating

85 days ago

Clues contained in tree rings have identified 14th Century volcanic activity as the 'first domino to fall' in a sequence that led to the devastating spread of bubonic plague.
A volcanic eruption may have set off a chain reaction that led to Europe's deadliest pandemic.

3 months ago

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…

8 months ago

Some in the lagoon city are furious, others delighted, as celebrities descend for billionaire’s sort-of nuptials

The Black Death. Byron on the prowl. Rising water levels. Cruise ships the size of city…

Described as the 'world's sourest sweet', the ultra-sour jet black balls are not recommended for anyone under the age of 12.
Research has revealed that the evolution of a single gene in Yersinia pestis - the bacterium that causes bubonic plague - allowed it to adapt and survive for so long.

11 months ago

Before the Black Death devastated Siena, the city thrummed with energy, expressed in art and architecture designed to dazzle its audience – and which still astonishes 800 years later

If you want to kn…

Put yourself in the shoes of a soldier in the trenches in the First World War, or imagine waking up on a sunny morning in Pompeii hours before annihilation.

13 months ago

Les Très Riches Heures, a ‘book of hours’ made by artists felled by the Black Death, will be shown in France this summer

A celebrated manuscript from the middle ages that inspired a Walt Disney castle…

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