Hong Kong and the Huguenots
The city’s ‘one country, two systems’ policy was boldly pragmatic, but it was not the first time such an idea has been tried.
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Is Algeria Still Defined by its Liberation Struggle?
On the 60th anniversary of its end, Algerian memory of the War of Independence remains a thorny issue.
Professor Ptthmllnsprts Versus Old Bones
The Water-Babies was a fairytale that straddled religion and science, railing against logical rationality in the face of nature’s mysteries.
Love on the Wire
The advent of telecommunications gave rise to a new literary genre through which female telegraphers and writers found social freedoms.
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night...
Historians often take creative liberties when setting the scene, but at what point does it become misleading?
The Berbice Rebellion
Uncovering the stories of the enslaved men and women who fought off the Dutch and their European allies in 1763.
Lifting the Flap
Anatomical pop-up books, introduced in the 16th century, took anatomy out of the lecture hall and into the home.
The Normans in Byzantium
Spreading east in the 11th century, the Normans soon became a feared part of the Byzantine army, but a mercenary’s loyalty is always to his paymaster, as the empire would soon discover.
On the Ballot
Before the secret ballot, voting in Britain was a theatrical, violent and public affair. The Act that made democracy private turns 150 this year.