History Matters
Posted 20th July 2017, 10:21
The Conservatives are enduring a crisis of identity and purpose. Not for the first time, the work of the great 18th-century philosopher, Edmund Burke, is seen as offering a path to the party’s reinvention.
Posted 17th July 2017, 12:12
The bronze-age city of Mari was second only to Babylon, and the library of tablets it held offers rich insight into all aspects of an intricate political world.
Posted 5th July 2017, 9:48
Britain’s entry into the Second World War ushered in a wave of anti-German sentiment, creating strange bedfellows across the political spectrum.
Posted 28th June 2017, 0:00
The coverage of a disaster in Chile revealed religious divisions among the world’s press.
Posted 26th June 2017, 13:57
Medieval hermits were the agony aunts of their day.
Posted 19th June 2017, 10:16
The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was not the great step forward it is sometimes purported to be.
