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Spain’s disastrous attempt to oust the Ottomans from North Africa threatened to accelerate the westward advance of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Shortly after Edward Lee arrived in Europe he found himself embroiled in a bitter dispute with one of the era’s most famous intellectuals. He was soon reviled across the Continent.
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. As India has changed since his death, so has his place in its history.
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St Patrick’s Day Protests
St Patrick’s Day is a global celebration of Irish culture, but in the US its parades have always been political.
If Anglo-Saxon Stones Could Talk
In some corners of England, the last Anglo-Saxon relics are looking down on us.
The Starving Time in Jamestown
Colonists had contrasting views on the Jamestown famine. How severe was it really?
‘Mexico: A History’ and ‘A Brief History of Violence in Mexico’ review
Mexico: A History by Paul Gillingham and A Brief History of Violence in Mexico by Pablo Piccato start from different places. Yet their neighbour to the north proves to be an inescapable destination.
Alfred the Great’s Indian Embassy
How likely is it that Alfred the Great sent two emissaries to India in the ninth century?
Lise Meitner’s Nuclear Vision
During the Second World War, Berlin scientists discovered nuclear fission. Only one of them got the credit. Why was Lise Meitner written out of history?
End of the Pastry War
Mexico’s disgraced saviour General Antonio López de Santa Anna completed his comeback on 9 March 1839 as the Pastry War came to a close.
‘Red Dawn Over China’ by Frank Dikötter review
Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity by Frank Dikötter is a balanced account of the violent years between Kuomintang and communist rule.
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