Beyond Good and Evil
As a frontline soldier in the First World War, the German artist Otto Dix fell under the spell of the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and his assault on Christian morality.
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‘The Birth of Modern Belief’ by Ethan H. Shagan
An account of how belief became opinion.
Egyptian Harbingers
The army has been a player in the affairs of Egypt for at least 5,000 years, says Tom Holland.
The Origins of Islam
The same spotlight of historical enquiry that scholars have long been shedding on the biblical past is now starting to illumine the origins of Islam, as Tom Holland explains.
Edward Gibbon: And He Rose Again
The return of religion and the West’s current obsession with decline make Roy Porter’s profile of Edward Gibbon, first published in History Today in 1986, curiously dated.
The Ancient World
Tom Holland assesses the state of the studies of ancient civilisations.