Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
What are stars made of?
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Fake Views
The 19th-century craze for spiritualism ‘resurrected’ the dead through manipulated photography, a practice that boomed with the trauma caused by war – though
Catching Nessie on Film
The Loch Ness Monster’s first appearance on film captured both the hype and the scepticism surrounding cinema’s newest star.
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang explores the discrimination beneath Hollywood’s glamour.
How Does History Judge Prime Ministers?
Political reputations are forged by actions, but the long view of history can be hard to predict.
‘A Baptism of Blood’
Fighting for the Union in the US Civil War, Welsh soldiers discovered that the cost of assimilation was the loss of their native language.