History Matters

Marketed as the taste of French summer, Orangina’s origins are complicated.

Westminster Abbey was the focus of the world during the recent coronation. How and why was it built?

Hong Kong in the 1950s had a nomadic floating population that needed to be counted in the census – but how?

A Shanghai bookshop played a pivotal role in promoting Sino-Japanese friendship. 

James Stuart, Jacobite pretender to the throne, campaigned for the Jacobite cause with dancing and parties. 

The dog cull of 1760 divided London: were dogs man’s best friend, or plague-ridden pests?

Prison hulks were a flawed system, but that was not what finished them off. 

The everyday concerns of two Korean farmers are a microcosm of the huge changes their country underwent in the early 20th century.

To justify their use in an increasingly anxious Cold War world, nuclear weapons were rebranded as a force for good.

Making the case for historical literacy in government.