History Today

Artificial Inspiration

Poets across the ages have sought help with their writing – but AI bears no comparison with the divine.

The Speed of Early Modern News

How did Western Europe learn of the fall of Constantinople, the loss of Negroponte, and the Ottoman defeat at Lepanto? In the early modern era all news was slow news.

The First Men’s Cricket World Cup

International cricket’s big day became its payday on 21 June 1975 when Australia faced the West Indies in the final of the first Cricket World Cup.