'Let My People Go!'
Hollywood offers a new version of the Exodus story, the West’s most enduring political narrative.
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Gladstone's Plan for a United Kingdom
Gladstone and his Victorian Liberals still offer a great insight into the UK's divisions.
Did Britain Fail Hong Kong?
Could Britain have done more in the years leading up to 1997 to ensure Hong Kong's freedoms?
Mirror Year: How Old Are You Really?
Chris Lowry puts a lifetime into historical perspective.
Gavrilo Princip: Sarajevo’s Elusive Assassin
Numerous untruths persist about Gavrilo Princip, the man who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. One of them was used by Austria-Hungary as grounds for its war against Serbia in 1914.
Ukraine and Russia: A Troubled History
It is the issue of Russian identity, rather than strategic or economic importance, that lies at the heart of the Crimean crisis, argues Alexander Lee
Sebastopol Besieged
The legacy of the Crimean War still resonates in Ukraine, as Hugh Small explains.
Ukraine and Russia’s History Wars
In Ukraine, it’s not just the future which is at stake. It’s the past, too.
Magyar Myth Makers
Hungary’s authoritarian government is rewriting the nation’s troubled past.
The Complex Origins of the First World War
If one is looking for a single definitive cause for Europe’s collective decision to fight in 1914, the only certainty is disappointment, argues Sam Fowles.