Ideas

The Haus der Kunst (literally House of Art) is an art museum in Munich, Germany. It is famous as the first piece of public architecture that was built under the Nazi regime….

Hendiadys (pronounced /hɛnˈdaɪ.ədɨs/, a Latinized form of the Greek phrase ἓν διὰ δυοῖν, hèn dià duoîn, “one through two”) is a figure of speech used for emphasis, and is defined…

According to ITV’s magisterial World At War series, Belgium provided greater economic benefit to the Germans in World War II than the entire occupied territory in the Soviet Union

The red poppy is the ubiquitous symbol of remembrance throughout the UK and much of the Commonwealth.Its counterpart in France is another wild flower that was found in Flanders Fields…

One-third of the population of the German lands was killed as a result of the Thirty Years’ War between 1618 and 1648. The Art of Germany, Andrew Graham-Dixon, BBC 4

Amidst the fervant religiosity of the Crusades a female movement emerged at the start of the 12th century. Across the Low Countries and the German lands women began to live…