The Best Articles of 2020
A selection of our favourite articles from the past year.
A selection of our favourite articles from the past year.
‘History unfolds in discernible but unpredictable patterns.’
We ask four historians whether the great advances of the Renaissance were extended to women.
‘As we grow older, we often learn that we have misunderstood our parents and grandparents.’
Man and woman become one in a visionary and resonant myth.
The Roman Stoic philosopher transformed into a symbol of Christian suffering.
We ask four historians whether the demise of one of the 20th century’s superpowers was as inevitable as it now seems.
‘The past has not gone.’
A tale of female revenge, power and solidarity.
‘There’s always someone missing from the story.’