History With the Boring Bits Put Back
Terry Jones, former Python, describes how a perverse fascination with the boring bits of Chaucer converted him from being a clown into a historian of the 14th century.
Volume 54 Issue 2 February 2004
Murder Most Foul
Robert Garland asks what murder meant to the apparently bloodthirsty Greeks and Romans.
The Dead Beneath our Feet
Nicholas Orme considers how the crowded cities of medieval England dealt with the death and burial of their citizens.
Postgraduate History 2004
Emelyne Godfrey looks at the latest trends in postgraduate historical studies.
The Death of Joseph Priestley
The clergyman and chemist Joseph Priestley died February 6th, 1804, aged seventy-one.
Japan’s Attack on Port Arthur
The Battle of Port Arthur began on February 8th, 1904.
The Indian Rope Trick: History of an Illusion
Historian and magician Peter Lamont considers what can be learned by studying the history of a famous conjuring trick – or con trick?
Iraq: Lessons from Northern Ireland
Peter R. Neumann shows the relevance of ‘The Troubles’ to allied policy in Iraq.
Roman Holiday: Theodosius and his Spanish Villa
Danny Wood visits Carranque Archaeological Park, near Madrid, recently opened to the public.
The Death of Roger II of Sicily
The King of Sicily died on February 26th, 1154.