The Unravelling of Sino-Japanese Relations
The story of China and Japan, and the periodic efforts to find a modus vivendi.
Reviews
The Cows Behind the Cowboy
The human cost and conflict behind ‘beef for everyone’.
Insurgency and Dissent on the Home Front
Documenting the men and women who took a stand against the imperial tide.
Catholicism and its Critics
There is nothing exclusively modern about the dream of a world transformed by Reformation, Enlightenment, or revolution.
The Golden Ages
Successful cities, by the very nature of mercantile and intellectual exchange, must be multicultural and tolerant of diversity.
Good Time Charlie
A new book presents an account of Charlemagne, year by year, without hindsight.
The Black Legend Written in Silver
Potosí’s fame came not only from its wealth, but also its notoriety for appalling working conditions.
‘The Brothel of Pompeii’ by Sarah Levin-Richardson review
The Brothel of Pompeii: Sex, Class, and Gender at the Margins of Roman Society by Sarah Levin-Richardson lays bare the largest of Pompeii's legalised Lupanars.
Hungary’s Golden Squad
Many of the ideas that shape football today were developed in the 1920s by a generation of Hungarian coaches.
Wellington’s Spy Network
How a government-sponsored network of civilian agents complemented Wellington's own intelligence gathering.