The Philippines were ruled by Western powers - first the Spanish and later the United States, for some 350 years. Except for a few religious minorities, the Philippines has also become thoroughly ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I wonder what psychological torment, latent criminality or sociopathic markers a graphologist might identify ...

The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is the name of an inscription written on an artifact that has great significance for the understanding of the history of the Philippines during the 10th century AD – ...

At the age of seven I crossed a teacher-defined border: I gave up using pencil and printed letters and began to learn to write with ink, a dark fluid that was made from powder and poured into china ...

There are many reasons why calligraphy is a great hobby to try. Some reasons why you’ll love calligraphy is that it provides a creative outlet and lets you create beautiful and personalized pieces.

The Bible, on display at the Medieval Art Gallery in Warsaw, was printed more than 570 years ago by Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press. It is one of the few preserved copies in the ...

Every year, from mid-December to mid-January, the invisible call of “The Season” fills the air around Chennai, inviting multitudes from distant lands. There is an almost imperceptible hum of the Tamil ...

He's the frontrunner for the Lib Dem leadership, but why is Sir Menzies Campbell's first name pronounced Mingis? Pronounced "yog", it used to be written a bit like the old copperplate-style "z" with a ...

The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive. You can sign up online.

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority from ...

Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for. If you can read cursive, the National Archives ...