From The Archives
Issue Number 1416
Headliner
Mona Who?
Isis looks at the role of an audacious 1911 theft in starting the legend of this iconic painting.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Through-the-Lens Issue
Afghan Woman’s Hour
Zarghuna Kargar, the former producer and presenter of the ground-breaking radio show, Afghan Woman’s Hour, speaks to the ISIS.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
I Love You – ISIS Cover, 1965
We must not forget them…
‘We must not forget them. They are non-negotiable. The Falklands are Argentine.’
Cockfighting
Cockfighting has been illegal in England since 1845, but the practice continues to flourish within the law in many parts of the world, including the coastal Peruvian village of Nepena. Organisers of cockfights in Britain can incur prison sentences and fines, but champion cock breeders in Nepena win prize money and prestige.
Menstrual Taboos
Share “Contact with menstrual blood turns new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, grafts die… Even that very tiny creature the ant is said to be sensitive to it,” wrote the Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder in his Natural History in AD 77. Taboos surrounding menstruation can almost be called a “cultural universal”: [...]
Photo Essay: Havana
Faces from Cuba’s capital city
THE GO ISSUE: OUT FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER
Share The Michaelmas 2011 issue of the ISIS is out Friday 18 November (6th Week) in common rooms, pidge rooms and online.
