The Conversation23d
St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull just went on tour − here’s what the medieval saint himself would have said about its veneration
What exactly is their appeal? To me, it’s the physical closeness, especially with parts of a saint’s own body – what the Catholic Church calls “first class” relics, which can be as small ...
MutualArt.com24d
Carl Wilhelm Anton Seiler
Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles Carl Wilhelm Anton Seiler was a German painter who was born in 1846. How much ...
History Extra27d
Who was St Dwynwen? The legend of the Welsh patron saint of lovers
Eventually, she withdrew to Ynys Llanddwyn (‘Ynys’ means island in Welsh, ‘Llan’ means church and ‘dwyn’ is derived from Dwynwen) off the west coast of Anglesey. St Dwynwen is thought to have died ...
El País in English29d
Johann Hari, journalist: ‘It’s so ingrained in our culture that obesity is a sin’
A couple of days after starting to take Ozempic, says journalist and writer Johann Hari (Glasgow, 46 years old), he woke up with a strange feeling, unknown to him: he was not hungry. He got out of bed ...