Sun and Stone
A new cultural history of Sicily, the key to the Mediterranean.
Reviews
By the Grace of God and No One Else
The myths and realities of Oliver Cromwell’s formative years.
Sophisticating the Past
Was the antiquary a ‘bad-tempered crank and gullible collector’, or a pioneering historian?
It’s Exhausting
What do attitudes towards fatigue reveal about morality and illness?
Things, Many and Varied
How the index helps us to understand, categorise and engage with the world.
Royal Rubble
The phenomenon of statue destruction in historical perspective.
Whose Authority?
The separation of politics and religion has its roots in discourses over whether or not Pontius Pilate could be held guilty of having ordered ‘the death of God’.
Inside Outsider
The glittering career of Hella Pick, child refugee from Hitler’s Vienna and an exile in wartime Britain.
Forging Ahead
The industry of fake charters, from the tenth century, to its zenith two centuries later.
Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be
What sort of society produced Shakespeare?