A Tale as Old as Time
As the classic Disney song reminds us, “Beauty and the Beast” possesses a rich history and a powerful legacy of enchantment. While most versions we...
The Troubadour’s Guide to Modern Courtly Love
Article from the Medieval Issue #41
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Ah, young courtly love, the all-consuming, not-quite platonic, and entirely effusive adoration of a medieval knight for his liege’s wife. The...
Ships of Flame
Flying Dutchman (20th century), English School
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From Issue 59 - The Nautical Issue
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My grandfather once saw the Phantom...
The Moon-Gazing Hare
Look for her at midnight, as she twitches her nose and raises her head to the full moon, soft ears falling behind her. She...
By The Light of The Moon
“The moon replenishes the earth; when she approaches it, she fills all bodies, while, when she recedes, she empties them.”
—from Natural History by Pliny...
Wild Irish Girl
About the Feature image: Engraving of Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan, 1846, by Samuel Freeman, after John Comerford. Image courtesy The National Photographic Archive, National...
Aubrey Beardsley and the Weight of Decadence
The Peacock Skirt (1893), by Aubrey Beardsley
If you’re anything like me, you might have increased in mass over the past eighteen months. While the...