COP26: Global Crisis
Geoffrey Parker outlines his book, Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century, and explores…
Extracts
Long Live Socialism! – Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as…
Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia – An Extract
In recent years, it has been impossible to ignore the resurgence of xenophobia. Issues like the European migrant…
The Aeneid – an Extract
The Aeneid tells the story of the foundation of Rome by colonists from the East, refugees from the city of…
Going to Church in Medieval England – an extract
Parish churches were at the heart of English religious and social life in the Middle Ages and the…
‘The Orphanage’ – An Extract
Written by Serhiy Zhadan, widely considered to be one of the most important young writers in Ukraine, The…
I Live in the Slums – An Extract
We are delighted by the news that Can Xue’s I Live in the Slums, translated by Karen Gernant…
Cromwell: A Killjoy Regime?
The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I’s execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then…
Bruno Lohse, Nazi art plunderer – An extract from Goering’s Man in Paris
Jonathan Petropoulos— I remember clearly my first meeting with Bruno Lohse in June 1998 at the Zentralinstitut in…
Jewish History & Culture: Survivors – an extract
This next post in our series on Jewish History and Culture features an extract from Survivors: Children’s Lives…
Jewish History & Culture: Holocaust Testimonies
This post, the latest in our series on Jewish History and Culture, looks at holocaust survivor testimonies. It…
Jewish History & Culture: Emma Goldman
Our series of blog posts on Jewish History and Culture continues with this extract from Vivian Gornick’s biography…
Jewish History & Culture: Stanley Kubrick
Our series of blog posts on Jewish History and Culture continues with this extract from David Mikics’ biography…
Jewish History & Culture: Migration Stories
This first post in our new series on Jewish History and Culture looks at stories of movement and…
The men behind MI9’s Q-gadgets: Christopher Clayton Hutton and Charles Fraser Smith
MI9’s ‘Q-gadgets’ have made it into the public imagination through the adventures of James Bond. But who was…