Today’s featured articles
The first German constitution was ratified in April 1871. Designed by Otto von Bismarck to preserve the old regime, it would eventually help bring about its downfall.
The author of the quaint, but much-loved Ladybird books was also a radical playwright.
As human populations expand and their exploitation of the globe increases, so does their vulnerability to certain diseases.
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How Father Christmas Found his Reindeer
It took a long while for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to team up with Santa Claus. But once he did, there was no stopping him.
All Too Graphic
Leaked photographs of colonial atrocities during the Malayan ‘Emergency’ shocked postwar Britain.
Hidden in Plain Sight
We should be clear about which histories are neglected and which are not.
A Ventriloquist Act?
Recent studies show the benefits and limitations of giving voice to the thoughts of our predecessors.
Did the Attack on Pearl Harbor Cost the Axis Powers the War?
Four historians consider the consequences of the ‘Day of Infamy’ on 7 December 1941, and whether it was the ultimate reason for Germany, Italy and Japan’s defeat.
A Peach of a Project
The author of the quaint, but much-loved Ladybird books was also a radical playwright.
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The Darien Scheme, Organisation Todt, Georgian Britain’s ‘Heaviest Man’, Historical Fiction, Lynching the British, Books of the Year, Ladybird Books, Paul Robeson, Reindeer.
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