Cultural

The British Museum opened on 15 January 1759.

M.J. Cohen celebrates the life of Thomas Fuller, a pioneer historian and contemporary of Milton, with whom he shares a 400th anniversary.

Neil Taylor discusses how political change has left its mark on the Latvian capital’s Town Hall Square. 

F.G. Stapleton introduces the ‘weather vane ideology’.

Robert Pearce investigates the career of the Third Reich’s ‘evil genius’.

Mark Bryant examines the history of the Second World War’s favorite cartoon pin-up.

Corinne Julius visits a new gallery of jewels at the V&A to see what sparkle they add to our understanding of history.

David Abulafia considers Columbus’ first encounters with the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, and shows how they challenged European preconceptions about what it meant to be human.

Manus McGrogan traces the radical posters that flowered on the walls of Paris in the spring of 1968, while a new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London offers a chance to see them.

Continental chefs dominated London’s restaurant world in the nineteenth century, says Panikos Panayi.