Today’s Featured Articles
The mild anarchy of piles of second-hand books reminds us of the simple, contingent encounters we have all missed during lockdown.
The story of Afghanistan from the 13th century until the present illuminates why the international intervention that began in 2001 failed to deliver.
Plans to measure the impact of historical research as if it were a science will mean fewer history books that excite the general reader.
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Let There Be Wind
From DIY experiments to giant offshore farms, the history of extracting electricity from air has been driven by individual innovation pursued against the headwinds of public scepticism.
What Makes a Puritan Society?
Are we living in a new age of puritanism? And how would we know if we were?
Open Access, Closed Minds
Plans to measure the impact of historical research as if it were a science will mean fewer history books that excite the general reader.
Unintended Consequences
Over three centuries of muddle, messy compromise and financial mismanagement.
The Mighty Fallen
At the beginning of the 20th century Argentina was a major economic power. That all changed with the Great Depression.
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Volume 71 Issue 8 August 2021
In the August issue:
A Witness to the French Revolution, Nazis Enter History, The Fall of Tenochtitlan, Victorian Tourists, Women in the Greek War of Independence, Dennis the Menace, Benjamin Banneker.
Plus: reviews, opinion, crossword and much more!
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