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The Xi'an Incident, a tragi-comic sequence of mutiny and kidnapping, marked a crucial stage in the struggle between Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists and Mao Zedong’s Communists.
Did the British government suppress evidence that might have prevented Wallis Simpson’s divorce? Edward VIII’s marriage prompted changes to the law, but did it also break it?
Despite numerous attempts by radicals to reform the calendar, commerce usually decides how we measure time.
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
The remarkable fall of absinthe: from 19th-century ‘Green Fairy’ to scourge of society.
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
‘What is the most common misconception about my field? That the history of war is the same as military history.’
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
On 10 December 1948, after months of negotiation led by Eleanor Roosevelt, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the UN General Assembly.
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Who were the women who fought the decisive battle against racial segregation in the American South?
Death of a Turkey Legend
William Strickland died on 8 December 1598. He was said to have introduced the turkey to England, but the truth followed him to his grave.
China’s Communist Comic Books
How did the People’s Republic of China cope with a literary canon filled with un-communist ideas? Comics called lianhuanhua were the answer, at least for a while.
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Unconventional and provocative, did the Dada artist sometimes known as Arthur Cravan save his boldest work for last?
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Cook and Colombia, mathematics and motherhood, wealth and warfare: 13 more historians choose their favourite new history books of 2024.
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