Good as Gold
The absence of formal government on the American frontier emboldened miners to take powers usually reserved to the state, subjecting criminals to their own brand of vigilante justice.
History Today
The Other Elizabeth
Emulating her godmother, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Stuart captured hearts and minds as Europe burned.
Mare Nostrum?
A Mediterranean within the Mediterranean? Exploring the Adriatic as a single historical space.
The First Live-Streaming
The théâtrophone premiered in Paris, at the International Exposition of Electricity, on 11 August 1881.
The 51st State?
Puerto Rico’s future might be statehood, independence or more of the status quo, but change is unlikely to be won through voting alone.
The Baltic Question
Imperial maps of the Baltic provinces continue to shape how Russia views them today.
Going, going…Goethe?
The question of reconstruction was a thorny issue in postwar Germany, where celebrations of the ‘glorious’ past took on a different hue.
On the Spot: Malgorzata Fidelis
‘Looking at my native country from outside opened completely new ways of thinking.’
The Whole Truth?
A balanced rendering of the Prophet Muhammad’s life.
Bad Dreams
Divining disaster at Aberfan and beyond, in subjects from nocebos to lost cosmonauts.