Minority Report
Who are Europe’s indigenous Muslims?
History Today
The Birth and Death of the Office
Is the office the height of bureaucractic efficiency, or an unnecessary evil?
Caravaggio Lost at Sea
Did two paintings by the Italian master Caravaggio end up in a backstreet shop in Avignon?
No Army? No Problem
Defending the Home Front in Ancient Greece.
A Woman Runs for President
Victoria Claflin Woodhull was ratified as the Equal Rights Party’s candidate for the presidency on 6 June 1872.
Goodbye to the Vikings
The term ‘Viking’ as it is commonly used is misleading, warping our perception of the Middle Ages. It should be retired.
Burn in Hell
In 1022 heretics were discovered in northern France and burned to death for their crimes. But what caused this outbreak of radical thought?
Losing the Plot
One of the most notorious conspiracies in British history.
Dire Straits
The duplicitous, disloyal, callous and cruel Ferdinand Magellan.
A Musical Riot
Igor Stravinsky’s ‘shockingly contemporary’ The Rite of Spring premiered on 29 May 1913.