Writing World History
C.A. Bayly looks at the opportunities presented to the historian in the 21st century when trying to write the history of the world.
Recently published
Coming to Terms with the Past: Israel
David Cesarani examines the effects of a long history on a new nation state.
The Last Warlord
Rana Mitter recalls the career of a man who once ruled an area larger than France and Germany, but who spent forty years in Chiang Kai-shek’s gaols.
Argentina’s Coup: Social Myth, Memory and History
Federico Guillermo Lorenz shows that those who control the present are sometimes able to control interpretations of the past.
Opening of the Sudanese Parliament
The first-ever parliament of the Sudan was opened by the British governor-general, Sir Robert Howe, on January 1st, 1954.
Amazons among the Coal Tubs
John Hannavy investigates the perennially fascinating ‘pit brow lasses’.
Fairy Tales, Old Wives and Printing Presses
Ruth Bottigheimer argues that the survival of our best-loved fairy tales owes more to popular print tradition than to fireside story-telling passed down through the generations.
Lord Cromer and Gertrude Bell
Roger Owen considers bell’s impact on the much maligned consul-general of Egypt.
Prising Open the Casket
John Guy, author of a new biography of Mary, Queen of Scots, explains how working in the archives made him fascinated with sixteenth-century history.
Richard J. Evans
Daniel Snowman meets the historian of Germany, defender of history and expert witness in the Irving trial.