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Britain’s First Youthquake

Teenagers were agents of change in 1960s Britain, but the birth of youth movements such as the Mods was heavily indebted to the multicultural society from which they grew.

Mothers of the Mongol Empire

Women may be largely absent from traditional accounts of the Mongol conquests, but they played a crucial role in creating the largest of all land empires.

The Madness of King Henry VI

Faced with extreme pressures, King Henry VI of England suffered a complete breakdown. But beware modern diagnoses of medieval mental health.

Rembrandt’s Empty Bookshelf

We remember the Dutch Golden Age for its paintings – which may be why so few realise that it was Europe’s publishing powerhouse. 

On A Limb

The classical world created a variety of means of mobility for the disabled – both mythical and real.