Our World in Data indicates that women tend to live longer than men. Across the globe, this “longevity gap” is a well-documented phenomenon. But this wasn’t always the case. Rewind the clock to the ...

The largest of four fifteenth-century tapestries, known collectively as the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, takes falconry as its subject. Lovers are depicted strolling arm-in-arm as their birds hunt ...