Travels Through Time #16 – Thomas Cromwell and Anne Boleyn
A plot, a rebellion and a triumph from the life of Thomas Cromwell.
History Today
Doctoring the Ladies
Although not allowed to study at university, women in 18th-century England still found ways to join – and challenge – the scholarly world.
The Temple of Artemis Burns
On 21 July 356 BC, the day Alexander the Great was said to have been born, the temple burned to the ground.
Masters and Mamluks: Islam’s Slave Soldiers
The military elite of the medieval and early modern Muslim world consisted of men who had been captured and forced into service. But to what extent were the janissaries and their predecessors subject to slavery?
Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Nightmare
During the Cold War, nearly a quarter of all the world’s nuclear testing took place in Kazakhstan, in secret. In 1986, a high-profile disaster in Ukraine changed that.
Oil and Water: How Iran Lost the Tanker War
The Strait of Hormuz became a fraught passage in the Tanker War between Iran and Iraq. Nevertheless, the oil continued to flow.
A Well-Trodden Road
An admirable retelling of the traditional history of appeasement.
Chaucer: The Poet in His World
Is a biography of Chaucer impossible?
Heads Turned by Treasure
Archaeologists and historians are on the same side, despite what journalists say.
Are Empires Always Bad?
Empires have been part of human history for millennia. Are they, of necessity, a bad thing?