History Today

Puerto Rico’s future might be statehood, independence or more of the status quo, but change is unlikely to be won through voting alone. 

Imperial maps of the Baltic provinces continue to shape how Russia views Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania today. 

The question of reconstruction was a thorny issue in postwar Germany, where celebrations of the ‘glorious’ past took on a different hue. 

‘Looking at my native country from outside opened completely new ways of thinking.’

Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait by Mohamad Jebara is a balanced rendering of the Prophet Muhammad’s life.

Divining disaster at Aberfan and beyond, in subjects from nocebos to lost cosmonauts.

Swear words are a constant, but their ability to cause offence is in flux. In the 1600s, today's obscenities were mundane.

The mother goddess brings death and destruction – to those who deserve it. 

From alliances, to open warfare; from tense meetings on bridges, to collective mourning at family funerals: French and English royalty were united by marriage and divided by war.