How Did 9/11 Change the Way the World Sees the United States?
On the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, four experts consider the event’s global legacy.
History Today
The First Soviet in Ireland
Striking for better working conditions and equal pay, the attendants and patients of Monaghan asylum took over the hospital and hoisted a red flag.
Sophisticating the Past
Was the antiquary a ‘bad-tempered crank and gullible collector’, or a pioneering historian?
Susanna and the Elders
An innocent woman resists two sexual predators, only to face a trial that reveals their guilt.
It’s Exhausting
What do attitudes towards fatigue reveal about morality and illness?
Lucy and Lucretius
A puritan translation of an Epicurean masterpiece fell victim to the pieties of its time.
Contrabands of War
A new term inadvertently changed the way people thought about runaway slaves.
Things, Many and Varied
How the index helps us to understand, categorise and engage with the world.
Governing Goliath
In order to tackle the power of ‘Big Tech’, President Biden’s administration draws lessons from America’s ‘Gilded Age’.
Royal Rubble
The phenomenon of statue destruction in historical perspective.