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A view towards St. Paul’s Cathedral and the City of London during low tide along the River Thames in London in August 2023. New research suggests the Little Ice Age was not nearly as cold and icy as the name would imply. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

New insights from Shakespeare’s England reveal striking parallels to contemporary climate change

New research on the European Little Ice Age in England has upended established narratives and provided a window into an era of climatic instability not too different from our own.
The Celtic festival of Samhain celebrates a time of year when the division between Earth and the otherworld collapses, allowing spirits to pass through. Matt Cardy/Getty Images

The ancient Irish get far too much credit for Halloween

Folklorists created a through line from the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain to Halloween. But the Halloween we know today has more to do with the English, a 9th century pope and American consumerism.

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