Detail from a manuscript made for King Lebna Dengel, circa 1520, Tädbabä Maryam Monastery, Ethiopia. Photograph by Diana Spencer, courtesy of the DEEDS Project In early 2020, just as the…
The Marchioness (2016) depicts a member of the fictional UmuEze Amara family, “one of the oldest noble clans in Nigeria.” © Toyin Ojih Odutola Acclaimed for her life-size pastel and…
The bold, brilliant Mary Wroth with a string instrument called a theorbo, circa 1620. Alamy Two summers ago, I found myself face to face with a 400-year-old mystery. I was…
In his new book Around the World in 80 Books, David Damrosch builds an itinerary that circumnavigates the globe—and doesn’t require a passport to enjoy. Alex Treadway/Getty Images Books and…
Learn about Gullah Geechee staples, incredible festivals around the world and the future of food in our top picks of the year. Illustration by Valerie Ruland-Schwartz In this year of…
The President with the First Lady in a freight elevator heading to an inaugural ball in 2009. Pete Souza On Pete Souza’s Instagram, it’s almost as if Barack Obama is…
By Perri Klass Photographs by Simona Ghizzoni The town of Collodi, Italy, about 45 miles west of Florence, is set on a slope behind a fabulous 17th-century villa. The garden,…
Edna Lewis gathers ingredients in the garden behind Ellerslie Plantation west of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1975. John T. Hill Some children are obsessed with soldiers, dinosaurs, princesses. Edna Lewis grew up…
Kayla Randall Digital Editor, Museums One hundred years ago, two men set out to summit Mount Everest. Neither of them returned. British explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine tried to…
Every living generation has been petrified by The Wizard of Oz. Early in the 1939 film, a cranky neighbor riding her bicycle through a tornado suddenly transforms into a witch.…
