Today’s featured articles
From the Black Death to the AIDS crisis, epidemics have often produced scapegoats. Yet the record reveals that outbreaks are more likely to bring people together than force them apart.
Forestry is a delicate balancing act between the needs of the present and those of the future. The French Revolution brought into question how France’s forests should be managed.
The motives behind Emily Wilding Davison’s fateful actions at the Epsom Derby are still debated – and so is their impact on the suffrage movement.
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Making a Martyr of Mary, Queen of Scots
Even when she was imprisoned, Mary, Queen of Scots carefully curated her Catholic image.
‘The German-Russian Century’ by Stefan Creuzberger review
From Rapallo to the Zeitenwende, The German-Russian Century: History of a Tangled Relationship by Stefan Creuzberger discovers the dynamic that defines Europe.
‘This Little World’ and ‘A Golden World’ review
Two recent books – This Little World: A New History of Tudor and Stuart England by Nandini Das and A Golden World: How the Americas Transformed Renaissance England by Lauren Working – put 16th- and 17th-century England on the map.
Nepal After the Massacre
The shocking murder of its royal family in June 2001 changed the course of Nepal’s history. On the massacre’s 25th anniversary, the country appears to be changing direction again.
An Iranian in the Land of Israel
In the 1960s Iran and Israel were on friendly terms. One Iranian writer, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, saw the Jewish state as a model for his country’s future.
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace
On 31 May 1786 Paris relished the humiliation of Marie Antoinette as the Affaire du collier de la reine concluded in court.
H.P. Lovecraft: Haunted by History
H.P. Lovecraft asked us to imagine a much deeper past than modern comforts and science allow us to perceive — and the monsters that might dwell there.
‘Churchill and the Crown’ by Ted Powell review
In Churchill and the Crown, Ted Powell explores the interwoven lives of Britain’s Marlborough man and the monarchs he served.
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