Susanna and the Elders
An innocent woman resists two sexual predators, only to face a trial that reveals their guilt.
Volume 71 Issue 9 September 2021
It’s Exhausting
What do attitudes towards fatigue reveal about morality and illness?
Lucy and Lucretius
A puritan translation of an Epicurean masterpiece fell victim to the pieties of its time.
Contrabands of War
A new term inadvertently changed the way people thought about runaway slaves.
Things, Many and Varied
How the index helps us to understand, categorise and engage with the world.
Governing Goliath
In order to tackle the power of ‘Big Tech’, President Biden’s administration draws lessons from America’s ‘Gilded Age’.
Royal Rubble
The phenomenon of statue destruction in historical perspective.
The Road less Travelled
Female explorers of the 19th century demolished Victorian notions of stay-at-home women. But why were they so vehemently anti-feminist? The case of Mary Wollstonecraft may hold the answer.
The ‘Stans’ Turn 30
Is Kazakhstan 30 or 556 years old? As the five states of Central Asia celebrate three decades of independence, they prefer the glories of the ancient past to the legacy of Soviet rule.
Whose Authority?
The separation of politics and religion has its roots in discourses over whether or not Pontius Pilate could be held guilty of having ordered ‘the death of God’.