History Matters

The father of modern optics could not have succeeded had he not feigned madness.

The relationship between France, Germany and Britain is at the heart of the European story. Three historical figures embody it.

France’s elite police unit is being compared to the SS – not for the first time.

During the Holocaust, one Italian hospital’s invented disease helped save Jews and anti-fascists from the occupying Nazis.

Founded to safeguard the world’s heritage, UNESCO’s status often threatens what it seeks to protect.

Good intentions, misinformation and fear contributed to haemophiliacs becoming the hidden victims of HIV in Ireland.

Short, angry missives pinged across the world – Russian propagandists used postcards to get their message across.

Were US-Cuban relations soured for the want of ten dollars?

The buildings that came out of Portugal’s New State were described as an ‘architectural lie’.