Whose Civilising Mission?
The story of the skull of a victim of the Indian Uprising of 1857 raises profound questions about imperialism.
Alex von Tunzelmann
Rhodes Must Fall? A Question of When Not If
The British Empire is not the first – nor last – great power to see its icons crumble.
From the Archive: In a Caribbean Storm
Alex von Tunzelmann reassesses a two-part article on the troubled relationship between the United States and Cuba, published in History Today 50 years ago in the wake of the Bay of Pigs invasion.