The Map: Poltava, 1709
An 18th-century map produced by Anna van Westerstee Beeck marks a pivotal moment in the histories of Russia, Sweden and Ukraine.
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Foreward to the Coronation Issue
Peter Quennell and Alan Hodge provide some historical background to the coronation.
Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s Independent Introvert
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin robbed Israel of a rare politician able to make peace with the Palestinians.
Beyond Balfour and Sykes-Picot
Steering clear of Orientalist fantasy and patriotic British myth, this innovative analysis brings clarity to the complexities of the Middle East in the early 20th century.
Mesmerism In Victorian London
Mesmerism was a short-lived phenomenon, but its most celebrated British exponent, John Elliotson, attracted large crowds, which incensed his rivals.
The Antikythera Mechanism
Since its surprising discovery on the Aegean seabed over a century ago, the Antikythera mechanism has intrigued astrologers, classicists and historians of science.
Stripping Down the Buttoned Up
An examination of the ‘fleeting, fine-grained intimacies’ of letters, diaries and memoirs produces a witty and scholarly account of Victorian attitudes to the body.
A Forensic Take On Deviance
Microhistories, examining a range of notorious and mundane crimes, can help recover marginalised figures and forge links to wider cultural histories.
Picts, Pins, Stones and Bones
A vivid account of groundbreaking archaeological excavations at a Scottish site of crucial importance to the North Sea world.
The Other Invasion
The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1167 sowed the seeds for centuries of tension between England and the Irish.