History Matters

A new term inadvertently changed the way people thought about runaway slaves.

The act of breastfeeding has been used as a powerful image of propaganda, but can it also be an image of empowerment? 

How food fashion changed the economy of the Cayman Islands. 

The rise of laboratory science in the late 19th century put stark focus on the moral cost of medical innovation.

How has The Beano’s Dennis the Menace survived the rise of television, increased cultural consumption and the digital age? 

Realising the world was changing around them, the Qing government began sending students abroad.

Driven to extremes by the expectations loaded on them, some men turned to self-castration. 

The Covid pandemic seems to have caused a birth dearth. Historically, how have countries responded to falling birthrates?

Women and the birth of England’s stock market.