Today’s featured articles
During his brief lifetime, James V was a popular ruler who aimed to maintain Scotland’s independence from his English uncle, Henry VIII. Did it cost him his life?
Gustav Stresemann was at the heart of government until he died in 1929. Had he lived, could he have steered Germany safely through the Weimar era?
From 1931 it looked as though Britain’s first Labour prime minister would be its last. Is it time to reappraise the political reputation of Ramsay MacDonald?
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
On 23 November 1929 Nigeria’s women rose against the colonial authorities, demanding a return to traditional values and the ejection of the British.
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
National security during the Second World War was threatened by the ‘enemy within’ – working-class women, suspected of betraying their country by taking in deserters and escapees.
Why Do Religions Decline?
The spiritual marketplace is crowded – is there something Darwinian about it?
Why the Organ Split the Church
Indulgent symbol of papist excess or mouthpiece for God’s second greatest gift? What place was there for the organ in the Reformation church?
The Pilgrim as a Historian
Pilgrimage is not meant to be easy, but it remains a popular pursuit – even for non-believers.
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The real female Victorian detectives were every bit as bold as their fictional counterparts – and far more prevalent than we might assume.
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
Can The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability by Annette Kehnel find anything worth recycling in medieval modes of living?
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
British agents of empire saw their actions in India through the texts of their classical educations. They looked for Alexander, cast themselves as Aeneas and hoped to emulate Augustus.
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