The Symptomatic Surreal: Leonora Carrington exhibition explores her complex relationship with death

by Ailsa Peate

The Freud Museum is a perfect fit for the story of Carrington’s confinement and the creativity which ensued.

https://theconversation.com/the-symptomatic-surreal-leonora-carrington-exhibition-explores-her-complex-relationship-with-death-279278?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2030%202026%20-%203721238065&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2030%202026%20-%203721238065+CID_95be2275727aea5e9b43eb03a05e4262&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20Symptomatic%20Surreal%20Leonora%20Carrington%20exhibition%20explores%20her%20complex%20relationship%20with%20death

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Reformation of science

Protestantism didn’t hold back science – it revolutionised its methods, its theoretical content and its social significance

by Peter Harrison

https://aeon.co/essays/how-protestantism-influenced-the-making-of-modern-science?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=72289caf52-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Protestantism at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4381

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Why Is the Aeneid Important? Key Lessons and Impact of the Ancient Epic

"Virgil’s Aeneid is one of the most famous and influential pieces of literature from the Roman world. What was its purpose, and what are the key lessons it conveys?"

https://www.thecollector.com/aeneid-importance-founding-rome/

The Aeneid at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid

Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia

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Cambridge offers botany course that inspired Darwin after rare archive uncovered

University’s botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, 200 years ago

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/28/cambridge-university-botany-course-charles-darwin-john-stevens-henslow?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Botany at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/115

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George Eliot is best known for Middlemarch, but she also wrote an early work of science fiction

We don’t tend to associate her with science fiction. But in 1859, as she was embarking on her career as a novelist, Eliot published a short science-fiction novel titled The Lifted Veil.

by Jessica Murray

https://theconversation.com/george-eliot-is-best-known-for-middlemarch-but-she-also-wrote-an-early-work-of-science-fiction-269379

George Eliot at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/90

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Who Lies in Winchester’s Medieval Mortuary Chests?

"The tangled remains of medieval kings and bishops at Winchester Cathedral are finally beginning to give up their secrets. After more than a decade of scientific analysis, researchers are closer than ever to identifying the individuals whose bones were mixed together following the destruction of the cathedral’s mortuary chests during the English Civil War."

https://www.medievalists.net/2026/03/who-lies-in-winchesters-medieval-mortuary-chests/

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What explains the timeless appeal of Sherlock Holmes?

What's behind the timeless appeal of the quintessential fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, who's been around for 140 years? Host Adrian Ma speaks with expert Sherlockian, Otto Penzler.

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/28/nx-s1-5752248/what-explains-the-timeless-appeal-of-sherlock-holmes

Sherlock Holmes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/76

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Langston Hughes: Novelist, Poet, Activist and... Translator

Ricardo Wilson II on the Writer’s Experience in Mexico and His Struggle to Bring Mexican and Cuban Writers to American Audiences

https://lithub.com/langston-hughes-novelist-poet-activist-and-translator/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KMQRP0Q8ZXZ5KZJ37PEDJH14&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Langston Hughes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8670

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9 Women Who Were Written Out of History Books

From female scientists whose work was credited to men to ancient high priestesses, these women changed history—but were also often overlooked by it.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/women-who-were-written-out-of-history-books?utm_source=RSS

Fanny Mendelssohn

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The Jagged, Monstrous Function That Broke Calculus

In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.

by Solomon Adams

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-jagged-monstrous-function-that-broke-calculus-20250123/

Theorie der Abel'schen Functionen at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29780

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