Shining a Light on Darkness
Sexual exploitation by powerful men has a long history. Will it ever end?
History Today
Slips of the Tongue
Historians set great store by what people heard in the past, but what about those things they misheard?
The Invention of the Flapper
More than a symbol of decadence, the flapper should be seen as a quest by women for agency, independence and escape from domesticity.
The Map: Kyoto, c.1626
A map of the Japanese city from the Edo period was one of the earliest produced for general use.
Soviet Spy Swap
Gerald Brooke’s time in a Soviet prison was a pivotal moment in Cold War espionage.
In Defiance of her Golden Age
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus was at the heart of daring interwar Paris, where she used her influence to defend those left behind by ‘progress’.
Sacred Songs for the Dead
Women had few powers in Ancient Greece – except in death.
On the Spot: Daniel Beer
The historian of Russia on Dostoevsky, Foucault and sympathy for the Bolsheviks.
German East Africa after the First World War
The peoples of Germany's African colonies recovered from the conflict against all the odds.
Death of Nikola Tesla
Child genius, engineer, inventor and physicist, Nikola Tesla died on 7 January 1943.