Postcards and the Russian Revolution
Short, angry missives pinged across the world – Russian propagandists used postcards to get their message across.
History Today
‘A German Officer in Occupied Paris’ by Ernst Jünger review
A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals 1941-1945 by Ernst Jünger collects The Storm of Steel author’s wartime diaries.
‘Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely’ review
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely by Andrew S. Curran explores the trials and tribulations of Denis Diderot.
He Xian Gu
The Taoist Immortal.
Imposter Syndrome
Social mobility and self-invention in the pre-digital age.
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.