August 2017

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Burke to the Future: The Evolution of Conservatism

By Emily Jones

National Gallery: Bolivia

By Rhys Griffiths

Tablet of Zimri-Lim, concerning the foundation of an ice-house in Terqa, 1780 BC. Now in the Louvre.

The Greatest Library Before Alexandria

By Carly Silver

A Good Germany?

By Kirk Graham

Longman-History Today Awards 2017: The Winners

By History Today

Fire and Faith

By Samuel J. Martland

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Let Them Eat Meat

By Rachel Serkin

Christopher Who?

By Claudia Rogers

On the Spot: David Olusoga

By History Today

Something More than an Art

By Suzannah Lipscomb

The Music of Time: Angelic Choirs and Devilish Voices

By Alexander Lee

Yugoslavia’s Very Secret Service

By Chris Deliso

From The Archive

Coalition Governments: Hung Out to Dry?

By Ian Garrett

1858 Punch cartoon 'Father Thames introducing his offspring to the Fair City of London' - an acid comment on contemporary views that foul surroundings breed foul diseases.

Under the Weather: Climate and Disease, 1700-1900

By Ronald Rees

Shifting Attitudes on Homosexuality

By Andrew Roberts

Welcome

Secret World of the Maya
Barbaric Beauty
Brutal Saviours of the Black Patch
Asia and the Old World Order
Steatite seal from the Indus valley, c.2500 BC. The script is still undeciphered.
The Greatest Civilisation Ever Forgotten?
Hitler's Turncoat Tutor