Medusa
A tale of female revenge, power and solidarity.
History Today
A Medical Break Through
The physician James Parkinson, who lent his name to the medical condition he defined, was born on 11 April 1755.
Not All There
Missing fragments of the written record are made all the more conspicuous by their absence.
Little White Lies
There is value in a leader who lies – but only if it is done for the greater good.
Licence to Crenellate
Power, function and myth have always jostled on the battlements.
Echo Chamber
Dinner parties in the ‘Revolutionary Age’ with the publisher Joseph Johnson.
On the Spot: David Hendy
‘I change my mind – at least a little – after everything I read.’
The Search for Immortality
The elixir of life, a mythical substance from ancient Chinese literature, underpins an enormous industry in modern China.
Get in the Sea
Rediscovering the disappeared towns and settlements across Britain.
No Grand Plan
The dissolution of the monasteries as a series of decisions and indecisions.