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...La citt e la salute' which organised a major exhibition in the Palazzo Vecchio on the history of Florentine hospitals. He is now a member of two more committees in Florence, the first organising a long-term research project on the history of the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova; the second is as one of the founding editors of an Italian journal about the history of medicine,...

...religions, new foods and new ways of cooking. Food historian Sally Grainger and top gourmet cook Antonio Carluccio visit the Open Minds kitchen to tempt us with some tasty Roman treats. Whilst cooking Libum and Stuffed Kidneys, Sally demonstrates two Roman cooking tools. The Mortaria is much like a shallower version of a modern mortar, baked with grit in the base to make...

...religion as the opium of the people Popular Culture – the spectre of our imagination The mass appeal of ghouls, ghosts and uncanny creatures, may appear to be something of a present preoccupation. However, the 'popular culture' of the undead – various bloodless entities and supernatural beings, hovering between heaven and hell – has ebbed and flowed throughout...