The Victorians

The Greek province of Arcadia is perhaps the most important locus for pastoralism in a classical context. Arcadian inhabitants such as shepherds, nymphs, and the god Pan play signi...

Abstract A biography of Matthew Arnold’s Catholic younger brother Tom, a scholar, teacher, and self-styled ‘wanderer’. Arnold’s path in life took him, after a bri...

Abstract The love of sport was seen by the British themselves and by foreign visitors as a defining national characteristic. Sport was both a private world of its ow...