Who’s Afraid of the Jazz Monsters?
For many Americans, jazz was the music of demons, devils and things that go bump in the night.
History Today
The Great Dictators
What do the tyrants of the 20th century have in common? Terror, confusion and quasi-religious followings.
Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzsche and the Great War
As a frontline soldier in the First World War, the German artist Otto Dix fell under the spell of the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and his assault on Christian morality.
Leaving Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s current extradition law crisis is not the first that the territory has faced.
Holy Women and the Rise of Royal Power in France
Medieval French monarchs used – and abused – the charismatic power of religious women.
Louis the Missionary
For Louis, the conversion of Muslims to Christianity, ideally by peaceful means, was important.
Travels Through Time: The Blackshirts vs. Lyons
This podcast looks at how Isidore Salmon, the force behind J Lyons & Co., threatened to withdraw advertising from the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror in 1934.
Travels Through Time: The Crusades
In our latest podcast, Dan Jones discusses the year 1147, when the Second Crusade was launched.
County Lines
Exploring Essex beyond the stereotypes.
The Adventures of Number 45
The story of a Gutenberg Bible, from 15th century Mainz to Keio University, Tokyo.