Literary Heroine
One of Croatia’s most-read authors, Marija Jurić Zagorka spent her life in defiance of convention.
Volume 73 Issue 3 March 2023
The Birth of Time
March has two of the year’s most important anniversaries: the creation of the world and the creation of time.
Continental Shame
The Holocaust as European history.
Hot Gossip
Recalling Hollywood’s best anecdotes and old grudges.
Glory or Gravity?
John Hutchinson and Isaac Newton were both devout scholars who believed that the natural world and God were inextricably linked. The similarities ended there.
Toad Testicles, Foul-Beard and Broad-Arse
Nicknames can easily raise an eyebrow, but they have value to the historian beyond humour.
The Lost Tudor
Son of a queen and uncle to the king who founded a dynasty, history almost forgot Edward Tudor. Why?
No Silver Bullet
The extraordinary life of Henry Christophe, King of Haiti from 1811 to 1820.
Treason of the Clerics
For 600 years Muslims held sway over the Indian subcontinent. Then democracy and a desultory leadership did them in.
Getting Away with Murder
Found guilty of the Temple Murders in 1733, Sarah Malcolm became the most notorious woman in Britain. Did she commit the crime alone? Did she commit it at all?