The Man behind the Leader
Bayard Rustin, African American civil rights leader, was also a pacifist, a socialist and a gay rights activist.
History Today
Safe Passage
Protecting merchant ships during the Napoleonic Wars, the British convoy system was instrumental in securing its narrow victory.
Ælfric the Teacher
The lessons contained in Ælfric of Eynsham’s Colloquy are impervious to time.
The Man Who Was Briefly King
Arriving in the remote and jungled highlands of Annam, a swindling Frenchman was able to establish himself as the region’s self-appointed ruler.
The Grunwick Dispute Begins
The sacking of a young worker on 20 August 1976 escalated into a defining industrial conflict of the late 1970s.
The Original Rock Star
200 years on from the deciphering of the most famous piece of rock in the world, what does reading the Rosetta Stone reveal?
Good as Gold
The absence of formal government on the American frontier emboldened miners to take powers usually reserved to the state, subjecting criminals to their own brand of vigilante justice.
The Other Elizabeth
Emulating her godmother, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Stuart captured hearts and minds as Europe burned.
‘History of the Adriatic’ by Egidio Ivetic review
History of the Adriatic: A Sea and its Civilization by Egidio Ivetic explores the Mediterranean within the Mediterranean as a single historical space.
The First Live-Streaming
The théâtrophone premiered in Paris, at the International Exposition of Electricity, on 11 August 1881.