Volume 69 Issue 6 June 2019

From Russia With Love

Historians often envisage a gulf between family history and other engagements with the past, but they can easily overlap.

Not the Puritan Messiah

At a moment when puritans had to tread carefully, William Hacket tried to overthrow the queen and Church.

Has democracy had its day?

The worst kind of government – apart from all the others – faces increasingly tough challenges. Four leading historians consider its future.

Inside the Medieval Brothel

What was life like for medieval prostitutes? A case in the German town of Nördlingen reveals a hellish world of exploitation and violence.

When the World Went Cold

Just two years after victory in the most murderous war in history, the divisions between the Soviet Union and the Western powers became unbridgeable. 

The Cat, the Rat and the Dog

The story of Richard III’s lieutenants, William Catesby, Sir Richard Ratcliffe and Francis, Viscount Lovell, is one of intrigue, death and a mysterious disappearance.