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A history of the Philippines’ 7,000 islands from the pre-colonial era to the present day.

A Ghanaian moment in Africa’s struggle to repatriate its art. 

‘Being a careful analyst of history can help anticipate trends in the present and future.’

Managing political enemies through forced exile and penal colonisation.

Hong Kong’s ‘one country, two systems’ policy was boldly pragmatic, but it was not the first time such an idea had been tried – nor the first time that it failed.

What are the origins of Hungary’s obsession with Turanism?

Over 60 years after escaping French rule, Algerian memory of the War of Independence remains a thorny issue. 

The Water-Babies was a fairytale that straddled religion and science, railing against logical rationality in the face of nature’s mysteries.