The Pilgrims’ Progress
With every major anniversary, our perspective on the voyage of the Mayflower changes. This year’s 400th will address the legacy of colonialism.
History Today
Zhou Enlai: Mao’s Enigmatic Shadow
How important was China’s senior diplomat to his nation’s rise to global power, or is it too early to say?
Policing the Ploughs
As Britain faced the prospect of food shortages in 1917, panic mounted. One solution was to redeploy policemen to plough the land.
How Have Ordinary People Responded in Times of Crisis?
Four historians consider what the past might tell us about everyday responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Invention of the ‘Secchi depth’
Father Secchi demonstrated his water quality disk to the pope on 20 April 1865.
State of the Nation
Fundamental things apply in a time of crisis.
Sticks and Stones
The skills of the stone mason align with language to document a 30-year love affair with stone.
Learning Arabic
The 17th and 18th century European scholars who pioneered the study of Arabic and Islam as an academic discipline.
Heavy History
Those pushing the burgeoning field of Classical Reception Studies probably hadn’t intended to leave the door ajar for heavy metal.
A House Divided in the Nebi Musa Riots
What did the Easter 1920 riots in Jerusalem reveal about British rule in Palestine?