The ‘Jena Set’
The quiet German town that formed the backdrop for the first German Romantic movement.
History Today
On the Spot: Jessey J.C. Choo
‘History is an illusion, as with everything that changes.’
For the Love of Manuscripts
Are people who lived in very different times and places united in their shared love of manuscripts?
Sign of the Times
Speech, rather than hearing, has been at the heart of the long history of deaf exclusion.
In Bed with the Tudors
Did Tudor beds have footboards? The conundrum illustrates the challenges of early modern history.
The Army that Walked on Water
For the Swedish king Charles X Gustav, the freezing winter of 1658 provided a unique opportunity: to march across the ice and create a Scandinavian superkingdom.
For God (and us)
The histories of sixteen great cathedrals from Hagia Sophia to Santa Maria del Fiore.
The Ancient Greek Computer in the Aegean
The Antikythera Mechanism is ingenious, intricate and highly sophisticated. But what is it?
Putting Up Fences
Access to land was once a common right; we have lost more than just the freedom to roam.
How Has the Ancient World Been Appropriated in Modernity?
Nobody owns the past, but many have sought to use it to their own ends. The use, and abuse, of ancient history has been ever-present.