Articles by Natasha Frost

Outcomes included weight gain, sexual harassment, and skipping meals.

How hysteria bred a mystery.

How potboilers and pin-ups showed gay and bisexual women they were not alone.

In 18th-century Russia, a two-kopeck coin could be worth much more than face value.

Shinbun nishiki-e were the country's answer to penny dreadfuls.

The United States' first iftar took place at the home of the third President.

Understanding what shinobi ate, amid a stew of myths and misconceptions.

It was a ridge of water the height of an eight-story building.

The layers of Panga ya Saidi reveal millennia of subtle cultural and technological change.

Silent meals, a buddy system, and wine “in moderation.”

An iconic fruit tree is suffering from an incurable fungal disease.

In these Soviet churches, religion was banned.

An island nation's call for help.

They do not recommend sailing it.

Why an artist named Glen Eden collects "Glen Eden" memorabilia.

Do you remember a spoof news segment about this traditional Jewish food?

Stolen from a French museum, the artifact was recovered by police a week later.

Piecing together a giant prehistoric rhinoceros is as hard as it looks.

One man's quest to document a nation's arboreal heritage.

Who killed the flightless bird at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History?

The question is: Why?

He's since calmed down and headed home.

For centuries, Russians have celebrated their Slavic roots with kvass.

Little pieces of literature, on demand.