Removing That Little Knot
A Victorian doctor offering to cure female ‘lunacy’ came under fire for his scandalous new operation: female genital mutilation.
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1933: The Death of German Democracy
On 1 January 1933, Germany was a democracy with a range of political parties. By the end of the year its parliament was a rubber stamp for Adolf Hitler’s will.
On the Spot: Sophie Hay
‘If I was let loose in the archives of the Archaeological Museum in Naples I might never emerge.’
Don’t Dismiss Damsels
It is a pity when specialist historians condescend to an enthusiastic public.
Jesus the Medieval Feminist
Medieval women’s bodies were a battleground: they were either irretrievably sinful, or they were Christ-like.
How Not to Prepare for Nuclear War
The 1980 Protect and Survive booklet opened government plans to ridicule.
The Aztec God of the Dead
An ‘almanac of destiny’ predicts the fortunes of the harvest.
Brooklyn Baby
Finding the grit in Brooklyn's gentrification.
Has Monarchy Had its Day?
Shedding past light on recent royal scandal, four historians consider the future of an ancient institution.
News from Otherwhere
Anthropology's rise in popularity challenged previous ways of thinking about human development.