Fighting Across Borders
The national campaign for suffrage saw women forming societies from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
History Today
California: The Not-So Golden State
Blessed with beauty and wealth, California fails to come to terms with its past.
‘Enlightened Princesses’ review
Three German-born princesses made important contributions to the art, medicine and science of Georgian Britain.
A New Peru
The rise and fall of José Luis Bustamante’s left-wing presidency.
The Parthenon is Blown Up
The Athenian temple was partly destroyed on 26 September 1687.
Wolsey’s Own Accord
Projects for a peaceful Europe go back centuries. Occasionally, they succeed – for a while at least.
The Music of the Napoleonic Era
The power and perils of reconstructing the music of Napoleon's time.
‘The Gutenberg Bible’ Göttingen Library Edition review
How one of the greatest advances in human culture, the Gutenberg Bible, also helped divide Christendom.
Divided Loyalties in Tudor England
For the lesser-known members of the great Tudor dynasties, loyalties were divided by Henry VIII’s Great Matter. Should you support your king, queen or family?
Kut Losses
Two imperial ventures, in the same Middle East town a century apart, reveal the similarities – and differences – in the exercise of power.