The Romans introduced gardens to England but its popularity grew following the Dark Ages. The Romans were the first to introduce gardens to England but its popularity began to rise when Anglo-Saxon ...

“The Tudors” shows how the English Renaissance was the work of wily leaders and enterprising foreigners. No dynasty has better captured the modern imagination. By Jason Farago The Tudors: Art and ...

Scriptwriter Colin Welland brandished his Academy Award for 1981’s “Chariots of Fire” and cried, “The British are coming.” It’s gone down in Oscar folklore as a moment of hubris followed by ...

The term “Renaissance” means “rebirth.” But rebirth of what? In this class, we’ll look at the new ways in which English writers began to explore familiar questions about the nature of desire, the ...

In the opening episode, James explores how the Renaissance arrived, with a handful of influential European artists bringing ideas from the continent in the early 16th century - from the inspiration of ...

John Milton is among the most important and gifted poets to have written in the English language. His poetry (and prose) are centrally occupied with questions about the nature of personhood and about ...

It will be remembered that when Baron Ferdinand Rothschild died, some fifteen months ago, he left to the British Museum the contents of that wonderful room at Waddesdon in which, only a few years ...