On the Spot: Suraiya Faroqhi
Which person in history would I most like to have met? Mihri Hatun, a poet of Ottoman Bursa, who dared to state that a clever woman was worth 1,000 incompetent men.
Volume 73 Issue 6 June 2023
Anarchy in the Waste Land
Following the death of Henry I, England was plunged into a civil war that reduced the country to a charred ruin. With the barons split between rival claimants, the people suffered.
Springtime for Europe
In January 1848, in the Sicilian city of Palermo, the streets began to fill with crowds. From here, revolutionary sparks flew to almost all of Europe’s cities.
Is History Written by the Winners?
It’s the most tired of historical clichés, but is it so for a reason? Who writes history? Four would-be winners debate.
Human Rites
A Whiggish history of humanism from the Renaissance to the present.
The Indelible Hulk
Prison hulks were a flawed system, but that was not what finished them off.
What Happens Back Home
The Windrush generation witnessed the Caribbean colonies from which they had emigrated achieve independence. Despite being an ocean away, they were not passive observers.
Friends to Friends, Enemies to Enemies
The Anglo-Portuguese alliance is the oldest of its kind. Concluded in June 1373, it has survived world wars, the rise and fall of empires and globalisation. How?
A Discovery of Witch-Hunts
Witch-hunting happened when and where states were weak. What does a newly discovered witch-hunt in 1582 reveal about France and its ‘enlightened’ officials?
The Gates of the Ghetto
Zionism’s roots were born from persecution, but in realising its goals it has enacted its own inescapable oppression.