Long may she wave

Abstract This is the first biography of Elizabeth Wiskemann (1899–1971), journalist, historian, and distinguished commentator on European affairs. Based upon new arc...

Canidia is one of the most well-attested witches in Latin literature. She appears in no fewer than six of Horace’s poems and in three she has a prominent role. Throughout Horace’s ...

Amy Sequenzia is a non-speaking autistic woman with cerebral palsy and seizure disorder, but the last thing she needs is your pity and the last thing she wants is to be your “inspi...

Elaine began reviewing exhibitions for ARTnews in April 1948, working under Thomas B. Hess, with whom she had a romantic relationship. (She was also briefly involved with critic Ha...

Jo Shapcott has engaged extensively with Ovid in her poetry (her volume My Book draws extensively upon both the Metamorphoses and the Tristia), but it was especially through her vo...

Abstract From her start playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem as a young teenager to her eleven Grand Slam tennis wins to her professional golf career, Alth...

This chapter details Edna Phillips' first concert season. On the Friday afternoon of her first concert, Phillips had no choice but to “head down the track without looking left or r...

On New Year’s Eve, Brigitte Bardot appeared on French television. She was got up as usual—blue jeans, sweater, and shock of tousled hair. Lounging on a sofa, she plucked at a guita...