Armenia’s Eleventh Century
Where relations between Armenia and Turkey are concerned, the 11th century never ended.
History Today
Is Violence the Answer?
Using violence as a response to racism can both divide and unite communities. This was demonstrated when a riot erupted in the Leeds suburb of Chapeltown on Bonfire Night 1975.
This Flammable Isle
The familiar story of the 17th century told through unfamiliar voices.
The One True Emperor on Earth
As sultan, Süleyman the Magnificent was portrayed as the Shadow of God on Earth, the Caliph of Islam, the Last World Emperor, the distributor of crowns to other rulers and the purveyor of justice.
Literary Heroine
One of Croatia’s most-read authors, Marija Jurić Zagorka spent her life in defiance of convention.
The Birth of Time
March has two of the year’s most important anniversaries: the creation of the world and the creation of time.
Continental Shame
The Holocaust as European history.
Hot Gossip
Recalling Hollywood’s best anecdotes and old grudges.
Glory or Gravity?
John Hutchinson and Isaac Newton were both devout scholars who believed that the natural world and God were inextricably linked. The similarities ended there.
Toad Testicles, Foul-Beard and Broad-Arse
Nicknames can easily raise an eyebrow, but they have value to the historian beyond humour.