Francesca Peacock is the author of ‘Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish’ (Head of Zeus).
The lives of Benedictine monks and nuns have much to teach us, if a display of medieval and contemporary art at the Sainsbury Centre is anything to go by
Most paintings of the Virgin Mary show her holding the divine infant, but a 14th-century panel by Cenni di Francesco reminds us of more earthy realities
