Behind the Times

The abolition of slavery was only the beginning of a culture war on race and empire that divided the intellectual classes of Victorian Britain.

The sinister reach of East Germany’s Ministry for State Security did not end in 1989. According to the British press, the Stasi is still with us.

As human populations expand and their exploitation of the globe increases, so does their vulnerability to certain diseases.

Boris Johnson is facing a national crisis like few other prime ministers. Which of his predecessors will he draw comparisons with?

Myanmar’s colonial legacy includes racial hierarchies and authoritarian government. In the new nation state, not everyone is welcome.

What the media missed while covering the discovery of two statues in Rome.

Filmmakers, revolutionaries, Iranian shahs – Mexico has a long history of providing political asylum.

What did it mean to be black and British in the Caribbean in the years before Windrush?

The repression in China’s Xinjiang region has deep historical roots.

The Antarctic Treaty on the governance of the ‘white continent’, signed in 1959, became a trailblazing model for the world. But the future of Antarctica remains contentious.