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South-East Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’ dominated the world’s opium production during the 1980s. David Hutt reveals how a young soldier from north Burma took on the United States government to become the region’s most notorious drug lord.

The ‘middle Medici’ – two popes, two dukes, two bastards and a future queen of France – are too often left out of the dynasty’s history. Catherine Fletcher addresses that gap.

Hidden beneath a hill in Cholula, Mexico lies the biggest pyramid ever built.

The events of 2016 may seem bleak, but the study of history offers some context for those who believe we are living through the worst of times. 

Archives are one thing, the public another and connecting the two is one of a historian’s hardest challenges, as Suzannah Lipscomb knows from experience.

A Victorian restaurant critic explored the cuisine of London, including its sole vegetarian restaurant.

The author was born on 28 July 1866.

The medievalist Wilhelm Levison was a living embodiment of the deep links between Britain, Germany and a wider Europe.