On the Spot: Rodric Braithwaite
‘Great leaders are much less in control of events than people imagine.’
‘Great leaders are much less in control of events than people imagine.’
On the 20th anniversary of the worldwide protest against the Iraq War in February 2003, we ask: is there such a thing as ‘just war’ or is there just war?
‘The more I read, the more I change my mind.’
Withdrawing labour is an age-old response to workplace grievances. But how old, and to what effect?
What’s the most exciting field in history today? The history of political thought.
A selection of our favourite articles from the past year.
Our year in reading covers the year’s major anniversaries such as Partition, Stalingrad and the March on Rome as well as space travel, English law and, of course, the Tudors.
We know less about some periods than others, but the meaning of ‘Dark Age’ is multifarious and often loaded.
‘History is an illusion, as with everything that changes.’
Nobody owns the past, but many have sought to use it to their own ends. The use, and abuse, of ancient history has been ever-present.