Plague swept through Italy’s southern Mediterranean coast in 1656, ravaging towns and villages in the kingdom of Naples. The devastation was epic, piling up corpses over the course of nearly two years ...

Works spanning centuries have been brought together in an exhibition highlighting how hard-fought women’s rights are under constant threat.

Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe by Mary D. Garrard Mary Garrard’s compelling new book Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe was supposed to publish on May ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is to test a malaria drug on Covid patients, which is derived from the artemisia plant used in Madagascar. The African island nation attracted a lot of attention ...

Her savage masterpiece Judith Beheading Holofernes shows in gruesome detail what happens when a man is butchered alive. But how did Gentileschi manage to be so accurate? Our writer explores a ...

The artemisia annua plant, also known as sweet wormwood, has long provided a key ingredient in treating malaria The World Health Organization (WHO) is to test a malaria drug on Covid patients, which ...