The Catholic Conundrum
Despite persecution, Catholics survived in Protestant England. For the authorities, they were a problem with a silver lining.
History Today
The Nazi Spider in the Spanish Press
Hans Josef Lazar pulled the strings of Hitler’s propaganda in wartime Spain. Then he disappeared. Who was he?
On the Spot: Soe Tjen Marching
‘The more I read, the more I change my mind.’
Chadō
The ‘way of tea’ is a ritual experience that embodies the natural world with all its imperfections.
Charles XIII: The Madman of the North?
Charles XII of Sweden had a thirst for war, which made him a target for the British press.
Main Man
The ‘pragmatic and principled’ Harold Wilson.
Decline and Fall
Vladimir Putin has decried the ‘decadent West’ as destined to fail as a result of its degeneracy. Fears of decadence are not new.
Powerful Inversion
Understanding the Indigenous American past, from the earliest records of settlement up to the Ghost Dance revitalisation movement.
Genes‘R’Us: Science and Ideology in the Lysenko Controversies
The debate over whether nature or nurture guides who we are is as dependent on politics and ideology as it is on scientific research.
Heirs and Spares
It was not easy to be the second son. The younger brothers of the French kings could choose either to rebel or reconcile, but neither option was straightforward.