Editor’s picks

Roman Empire

Antiquity ace Kate Marsh opens up the lesser known side of ancient Rome, from influential but overlooked women to the glorious garb of the votive Vestal Virgins

University of Wife

Historian Melanie Clegg reveals how the French court groomed a generation of powerful women, from Anne Boleyn to Mary, Queen of Scots

Hitler vs Art

Editor and writer Philippa Grafton explains how the Nazi culture war backfired when their Degenerate Art exhibition became a subversive triumph