Appease Yourself
A new interpretation of the appeasement story.
History Today
Second the Best
The industry, enlightenment, history and soft-power of Birmingham.
Tlāloc
The Mesoamerican god of rain brings water to a world surrounded by it.
The Prime Minister and the President
John F. Kennedy idolised Winston Churchill, but his efforts to host his hero proved abortive.
Winter and its Discontents
Winter has always been a time of heightened anxiety, but it may be easier to bear when we face it together.
The Conquest of Lisbon
The city surrendered to Afonso I of Portugal and a group of crusaders on 25 October 1147.
How Monarchs Succeed
As the accession of Edward VII shows, a new British monarch must represent the nation’s values – whatever that nation and those values are.
‘Because they were German’
The continuity and contextualisation of German military history across five centuries.
Tutankhamun in the Flesh
The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 reopened arguments about the presumed race of the ancient Egyptians.
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Second Act
After the death of her husband in 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt left the White House and embarked upon a new career as ‘First Lady of the World’.