History Matters
Thoughts, opinions and commentary on all things historical.
For many Americans, jazz was the music of demons, devils and things that go bump in the night.
Even for Nazi camp survivors who sought to eradicate them, they were hard to define.
Beaverbrook’s radical vision and prominent platform gave him enormous political sway.
During the Renaissance, the beard was the defining feature of a man.
Commemoration of Peterloo remembers the dead, but also promotes future democratic change.
The author’s trips to Cuba had an impact on more than just literature.
Recent press coverage of a cave filled with ‘witch marks’ misses the point.
Antiquities were high stakes and high profit in 16th-century Rome, and no one was above breaking the law for loot.
Writing treaties in two languages can lead to unexpected problems.
Not content with bringing aqueducts, sanitation and roads, the Romans transformed Britain’s flora and fauna.