History Matters

Who were the female blacksmiths of medieval England? 

America’s southern states were once strongholds for the Democratic Party. In 1952, Eisenhower decided to win them over.

The unholy alliance between France and the Ottoman Empire in 1530 caused great concern but had little military success.

Britain’s Second World War Conservatives and their utopian dream of world government. 

Was Richard III a just king or just doing what a king should do? 

The puppet theatres of Kazakhstan combined Soviet ideals with Kazakh traditions to educate the masses.

For more than a thousand years BC and AD have bisected our understanding of time. Should we keep them?

Was the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 inevitable?

The Paris Olympics of 1900 celebrated not just sporting excellence, but France’s might.

Was Sir Thomas More born on Milk Street – and does it matter?