Goodbye Eastern Europe by Jacob Mikanowski review
Is it time to say goodbye to Eastern Europe, a world remade so frequently by empires, war and political ideologies that it scarcely stays the same for two generations in a row?
History Today
Origins and Originality
What does it mean to be happy? For poets, medieval and modern, joy comes in many forms.
Was Richard III a Bad King?
Child-murderer, arch villain, failed monarch, ‘northern’. Have efforts to redeem Richard III succeeded or is he still one of history’s worst kings?
On the Spot: Feargal Cochrane
Why am I a historian of Irish politics? I grew up in 1970s Belfast, where contested versions of history were literally written on the walls.
The Great White Bard and Shakespeare Without a Life review
Two significant new publications push the parameters of how we engage with the most revered writer in the English language.
Pulp Fiction
Marketed as the taste of French summer, Orangina’s origins are complicated.
Crowning Triumph
Westminster Abbey was the focus of the world during the recent coronation. How and why was it built?
The Life Aquatic
Hong Kong in the 1950s had a nomadic floating population that needed to be counted in the census – but how?
The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover by Lerone A. Martin review
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, thought the Bureau’s mission was to defeat the godless forces of liberalism, feminism and civil rights.
The Letters, Writings, and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Volume I, II and III review
From backbench MP and minor gentleman to Lord Protector and almost-king, a new edition provides the most complete and accurate version of Oliver Cromwell’s writings to date.