Revolution in the air
Those who control the media control the state. Lenin knew this, but by 1991 his Soviet successors had forgotten, to their ultimate cost.
Volume 71 Issue 7 July 2021
Who’s First?
The Norse voyages to Greenland and Canada as part of a bigger story.
‘Can’t Tek No More’
Franco Rosso’s film Babylon presented the lives of Black Londoners in a way few had done before.
Amelia Earhart goes Missing
The aviator’s plane disappeared on a circumnavigation of the world on 2 July 1937.
A Well-Woven Tale
The fabric of the modern world.
Is Nationalism still Europe’s Dominant Political Ideology?
Four historians consider whether the continent that gave the world the nation state still remains in its thrall.
Desperate Measures
Driven to extremes by the expectations loaded on them, some men turned to self-castration.
Stop Press
It is often claimed that press censorship came to an end in England at the close of the 17th century. But it persisted, thanks to an unsavoury network of government spies.
The Thai Monarchy: Asia’s Great Survivors
Thailand’s monarchy is today one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful, but the king has faced a constant struggle for survival.
All Change
The century that changed London forever.