Imposter Syndrome
Social mobility and self-invention in the pre-digital age.
History Today
My Good Friend Roosevelt
Were US-Cuban relations soured for the want of ten dollars?
How Good is Television as a Medium for History?
Four historians consider how their discipline can best reach a mass audience.
The Great Race of Mercy
A dog sled relay came to the rescue of an epidemic-struck Alaskan community on 2 February 1925.
‘Reckonings’ by Mary Fulbrook review
Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice by Mary Fulbrook is a long and detailed challenge to the modern cult of memory.
India Breaks Free?
India’s decision to decriminalise homosexuality is presented as the country shaking off the last vestiges of colonialism. The reality is not so simple.
Soft Fascism
The buildings that came out of Portugal’s New State were described as an ‘architectural lie’.
A Modern Queen of Scots
We like historical films to be factually accurate, but we also like them to reflect our sensibilities.
Ball of the Burning Men
On 28 January 1393 a party at the French royal residence ended in tragedy.
‘Heimat: A German Family Album’ by Nora Krug review
The question of the responsibility of the ‘everyman’ and ‘everywoman’ remains a pressing one in Heimat: A German Family Album by Nora Krug.