Britannia’s ‘Huns’
The moral authority Britain gained during the First World War was undermined by the behaviour of the Crown Forces during the Irish War of Independence.
History Today
The Man who Haunts America
John Brown, the abolitionist firebrand, remains a potent figure in the United States’ febrile politics of race.
Raise Your Words
A classic work of history, now 20 years old, reminds us of the power of continuing education for all.
Book of Remembrance
A signature in a collection of autographs reveals a story of Indigenous service that extends from Australia to Canada and Trinidad.
Napoleon: Two Centuries of Life after Death
Revolutionary soldier or tyrannical emperor? The question is as pertinent now as when Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on remote Saint Helena in 1821.
Popes: Power to the People
In the aftermath of the Reformation, the authority of the pope depended ever more upon the will of the people.
Death of a Medieval Lover
Peter Abelard, lover of Heloise, died on 21 April 1142.
America’s Western Problem
Indigenous peoples in the West of the United States continued to be held in bondage long after the abolition of plantation slavery in the South.
‘The Fiume Crisis’ by Dominique Kirchner Reill review
The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire by Dominique Kirchner Reill explores the complexity of ‘Europe’s smallest successor state’.
Turn on, Tune in, Fight Back
How the humble radio station organised resistance, inspired the masses and countered powerful settler propaganda.