New Twitter account matches medieval paintings with struggles of modern day life

A new Twitter account combines classical pieces of art with the struggles of 21st century life to brilliant effect.

Medieval Reactions, set up by University of Warwick student Cathal Berragan, only began tweeting this week but has already gained more than 70,000 followers.

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