Imposter Syndrome
Social mobility and self-invention in the pre-digital age.
Volume 69 Issue 1 January 2019
Ball of the Burning Men
On 28 January 1393 a party at the French royal residence ended in tragedy.
Behind Every Great Roman
On the women who made imperial Rome.
Hoes before Bros
Venetian officials sought to stem a ‘plague’ of sodomy by promoting the heterosexual sex trade.
Learning in Lincoln
An Icelandic scholar exemplifies the rich cultural exchanges of the Middle Ages.
A History Fit for the Taliban
The story of Afghanistan from the 13th century until the present illuminates why the international intervention that began in 2001 failed to deliver.
In Her DNA
Rosalind Franklin’s work was pivotal to one of the 20th century’s greatest scientific discoveries.
The United Ideologies of America
A wise and readable narrative history of the United States is a reminder of how tenaciously previous generations have clung to the view that the country is the ‘last, best hope of earth’.
On the Spot: Michael Scott
‘The most common misconception about my field is that classicists study a past that no longer impacts on our world today.’
Belligerent Brits
Germany is the country most closely associated with militarism, but Britain has had its militarist moments, too.