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Talk of a Balkan federation became a hot topic at the end of the Ottoman Empire, eventually dying a death at the dawn of the Cold War. Was Europe’s ‘Little Orient’ destined to fall apart?  

Once the Second World War was won, Winston Churchill had two preoccupations: preserving his place in posterity and making lots of money. If they could be achieved simultaneously, so much the better. 

The story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is typically one of defiance against the odds during the Holocaust. But what of those unable to fight?

Belief in Prester John, a lost Christian king ruling over a distant kingdom, gripped Europe for half a millennium. Once seen as a saviour, he would become an adversary.

The Archpriest Avvakum Petrov was burned in Pustozersk on 14 April 1682.

Is knowledge a useful remedy for ignorance?

Making the case for historical literacy in government.

The Battle of the Springs of Cresson marked the beginning of the end for the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on 28 May 1830, forcing the migration of five Native American nations from their homelands.

Which person in history would I most like to have met? Karl Marx. You’d have to know the right questions to ask, though.