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‘Death in the Crimea’ by William Bullock Webster, 18 January 1856. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain.

‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review

Donald Rayfield | Published in History Today Volume 74 Issue 10 October 2024

In listening to the war’s loudest voices, Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and the Birth of Modern Warfare by Gregory Carleton drowns out the dive

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin at Harvard College Observatory, 1920s. Science History Images/Alamy Stock Photo.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars

Patricia Fara | Published in History Today Volume 74 Issue 5 May 2024

What are stars made of?

Publicity still for The Secret of the Loch, 1934. Courtesy of the BFI National Archive/STUDIOCANAL.

Catching Nessie on Film

Corrina Readioff | Published in History Today Volume 74 Issue 5 May 2024

The Loch Ness Monster’s first appearance on film captured both the hype and the scepticism surrounding cinema’s newest star.