Images

Detail from the Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, a medieval illuminated manuscript illustration depicting the work on an agricultural estate during the month of March. Condé Museum, Château de Chantilly, Oise.

A 1944 portrait photograph by Leon Perskie of the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum)

British dock workers eat cheese from a shipment sent to Britain through the US Lend-Lease programme during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing agricultural equipment sent to Britain through the US Lend-Lease programme during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A March 1942 photograph showing a British Army corporal carrying Thompson 'Tommy' submachine guns given through the US Lend-Lease programme during the Second World War (1939-45). Imperial War Museums, London.

The home of William Barret Travis (1809 to 1836), best-known as the commander of the Alamo during the 13-day siege in 1836. The house is now located on Perdue Hill, Monroe County in Alabama. The house's original location was in the nearby...

An infographic showing the Military Crusader Orders which emerged as unique institutions blending monastic devotion with martial duty. Founded in the wake of the First Crusade (1096–1099), their primary purpose was to protect pilgrims and...

A vintage Halloween card.

An 1871 oil-on-canvas painting titled The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli. (Detroit Institute of Arts)

The Old Hall, Fairies by Moonlight; Spectres & Shades, Brownies and Banshees by John Anster Fitzgerald. Made c. 1875.