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Popular Articles

‘You ask me, your majesty, if he is efficient. I reply, more efficient than before he fell in battle’. Illustration from Blood and Iron, Strand Magazine (October 1917). University of Michigan. Public Domain.
The Cyborg Soldier of the First World War
A parade in Salamanca celebrates the occupation of Gijón by Francoist troops, September 1937. Geopix/Alamy Stock Photo.
‘El Generalísimo’ by Giles Tremlett book review
A V-2 rocket launch at Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950. NASA. Public Domain.
How Has Space Exploration Changed History?
Presentation drawing of The Statue of Liberty Illuminating the World, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, 1875. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.
A History of Liberalism
Fernand Braudel illustration © Ben Jones/Heart Agency.
The Transformations of Fernand Braudel
Portrait of Edmond Halley by Michael Dahl, 1736. The Royal Society.
The Worlds at the Earth’s Core
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