On the Spot: Vincent Brown
‘History unfolds in discernible but unpredictable patterns.’
History Today
Was there a Women’s Renaissance?
We ask four historians whether the great advances of the Renaissance were extended to women.
On the Spot: Camilla Townsend
‘As we grow older, we often learn that we have misunderstood our parents and grandparents.’
Hermaphroditus and Salmacis
Man and woman become one in a visionary and resonant myth.
The Death of Seneca
The Roman Stoic philosopher transformed into a symbol of Christian suffering.
Could the Soviet Union Have Survived?
We ask four historians of the Cold War whether the demise of the USSR was as inevitable as it now seems.
On the Spot: Sujit Sivasundaram
‘The past has not gone.’
Judith and Holofernes
A tale of female revenge, power and solidarity.
On the Spot: Susan-Mary Grant
‘There’s always someone missing from the story.’
Is the Story of ‘The Few’ More Myth Than Reality?
Eighty years on from the height of the Battle of Britain, four historians confront the nature of this key episode in the Second World War.