Joseph Learoyd reports on the upcoming Irish animation industry event, Animation Ireland’s Meitheal 2026, taking place on the ...

I am duty bound by myself, to discuss how my trans femme experience relates to my idea of what “girl horror” could constitute. Much of what Avalon is depicting is idyllic to a trans woman, the kind of ...

Marriage is a tricky business, even in a legal sense. Victorian law treated the wife as the servant of the husband, which among other things meant that a wife killing her husband was (up until 1828) ...

So began my fascination with horror films, a passion that was only sated by sneaking downstairs when my parents were asleep to watch the late night horrors on BBC and Channel 4 or organising ...

The last century BC is regarded by some historians as one of the most pivotal times in the history of the world. At the time the great Roman Republic was in its final decline, with the absolute power ...

Fame is a fleeting thing. Someone can be a celebrity in their own time but give it a few decades and if they’re remembered at all it’s usually only for a single aspect of their lives. Newton ...

Nobility in pre-Revolutionary France was something of a double-edged sword. Of course it came with great privilege, and the nobles of France were permitted behaviour that was unthinkable for those of ...

The genius of Eugène François Vidocq lay in one simple principle. In order to catch a criminal, you had to be able think like a criminal. And in his case that was easy, because he was one. He’s ...

One of the big problems with using paintings and other art pieces as a historical source is that most artists don’t depict reality as it is but rather reality as they wished it would be. Idealised and ...

There are always those who see opportunity in chaos. The destruction of the old order leaves gaps that need filling, and “men of vision” see nobody better than themselves to fill those gaps. This does ...

The Back-to-the-Land movement emerged from the post-Woodstock era of the late-1960s and early-1970s, supported by a mostly idealistic group of people who wanted to live life more simply. Although the ...

Jeanne de Clisson was born in the French town of Belleville-sur-Vie in 1300. She was the one of the de Belleville family, who had ruled in the area for hundreds of years. In fact, she wound up being ...