Volume 74 Issue 12 December 2024
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
The remarkable fall of absinthe: from 19th-century ‘Green Fairy’ to scourge of society.
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
‘What is the most common misconception about my field? That the history of war is the same as military history.’
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
On 10 December 1948, after months of negotiation led by Eleanor Roosevelt, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the UN General Assembly.
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
There’s more to the story of bus boycotts than Rosa Parks. Who were the women who fought the decisive battle against racial segregation in the American South?
Death of a Turkey Legend
William Strickland died on 8 December 1598. He was said to have introduced the turkey to England, but the truth followed him to his grave.
China’s Communist Comic Books
How did the People’s Republic of China cope with a literary canon filled with un-communist ideas? Comics called lianhuanhua were the answer, at least for a while.
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Unconventional and provocative, did the Dada artist sometimes known as Arthur Cravan save his boldest work for last?
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Cook and Colombia, mathematics and motherhood, wealth and warfare: 13 more historians choose their favourite new history books of 2024.
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
In Church Going: A Stonemason’s Guide to the Churches of the British Isles, Andrew Ziminski deconstructs the humble parish church.