What medieval Christians thought about climate change
Christians in the Middle Ages believed that there was no bad weather in paradise after the Creation and before the Fall of Man
The Dig is a film to treasure
Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan shine in the story of the Sutton Hoo discovery
What’s left of Thomas Becket? – ‘The Book in the Cathedral’, reviewed
Christopher de Hamel argues that a book of psalms in a Cambridge library is the only surviving relic of the murdered archbishop
Freedom of expression – Jerry Saltz’s ‘How to be an Artist’, reviewed
The critic’s guide to creative living is full of joy – but how far can you get by following someone else’s rules?
From infant prodigy to infatuated old man – the many guises of Merlin
The mythical figure has taken many forms over the centuries, some more dignified than others
Unearthing the secrets of the Anglo-Saxon world
Paganism and Christianity are intertwined in the hoard of rare artefacts found in a princely burial site in Essex
The nun with lapis lazuli in her teeth is a great story – but she wasn’t alone
It shouldn’t be news that women illustrated manuscripts in the Middle Ages, but there’s no denying the appeal of a recent discovery
The cosmopolitan art of Anglo-Saxon England
The British Library demonstrates that Anglo-Saxon culture looked to Europe and beyond
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Would medieval Christians have blushed at a giant chalk erection?
Even if the Cerne Abbas giant is Anglo-Saxon, that doesn’t make it pagan – after all, Christians were no prudes in those days