The Battle of St Louis
Saint or sinner? Recent demonstrations in the American city of St. Louis are just the latest battle for the legacy of a medieval French king.
History Today
A World Without Touch
The fear that advances in technology and comfort bring isolation and complacency is never far away.
The Business of Books
The high-stakes world of pirate publishing.
There’s a World Out There
If Covid-19 has taught us anything it is that the West – and that includes its historians – must expand its horizons.
Dissonant Horn
Ethiopia’s current crisis is rooted in a long history of regional and ethnic defiance towards the political centre.
Execution of the Tailor-King
The bodies of Jan Bockelson, and two other leaders of the Anabaptist sect, were hung outside the church of St Lambert on 22 January 1536.
The Crowd-Funded War
In the wake of the failure of the Spanish Armada, England sought retaliation by launching an invasion of its own. But how to finance such a venture?
In the Shadow of Angkor
The ruined temples of Cambodia’s medieval empire became symbols of a people who had forgotten their history. In reality, they demonstrate an inherent continuity.
To Frame a Painter
A society portraitist who emigrated to Britain from Hungary found himself embroiled in a drama of divided loyalties during the First World War.
Rules of Engagement
A study of war through the ages.