Aurum draws inspiration from the ancient practice of alchemy and the quest to create gold from base metals. In these works, metals such as iron, tin, and cobalt are combined with glass to produce vibr...

Packed with interviews and illustrations, this is the third issue of a new zine exploring the RPGs and wargames that raised us.

Evidently, I’ve been on a kick of reading, reviewing, and interviewing authors about their fiction set in the historical Eurasian steppe. Both the real and imagined Eurasian steppe (and its d…

In a modern world of instant communication technologies, aircraft, and cars, it is easy to take for granted the speed at which the modern world works. A journey that takes hours today may have taken d...

This interview is part of an ongoing series in which I talk to fellow researchers about topics more or less related to the themes of this blog and my own research. If you’re a postgraduate, early career, or independent researcher with a recent publication to discuss and you’d like to feature here, please get in touch. Today I’m talking to Alex Harvey about his thorough but accessible study of the Viking Age, …

The writing life of Catherine Lucille Moore (24 Jan 1911 – 4 Apr 1987) can be roughly divided into five periods, dominated by major life events: C. L. Moore Before The Pulps (1911-1930): Her juveni…

The standard drink was far more likely to be ale.

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Seats of power were among the most important pillars of dominion in the Middle Ages. They were in the centre of diplomatic exchange and confrontation, shaped the transfer of knowledge, and acted as co...

The circle of the world: the global diplomacy of Caliph al-Manṣūr - Volume 88 Issue 3

Contrary to legend, when Charlemagne invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 778, he didn’t fight many Arabs. Instead, the Royal Frankish Annals inform us that as his armies crossed the Pyrenees, he ‘subj…

De Marre, Martine and Rajiv K. Bhola, eds., Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory, (New York: Routledge, 2022). 9780367371449. Reviewed by Stephanie Murphy, University of North Texas, Stephaniemurphy3…

My reviews of The Enemy Within campaign Director’s Cut are complete. What did I think of the new campaign overall?

I’m very excited to give you something new today: an interview with a fellow scholar. I hope this will be part of an ongoing series in which I talk to other researchers about topics more or less re…

Four years after H. P. Lovecraft introduced them by mail, on 7 June 1940, Henry Kuttner, Jr. married Catherine Lucille Moore in New York City. Kuttner was 25, Moore was 29. The witnesses were Mrs. …

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