Mussolini and Hitler – Christian Goeschel
Christian Goeschel- On 20 July 1944, a bomb exploded in the Wolf’s Lair, Adolf Hitler’s East Prussian Headquarters….
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Reflections on Whistler’s Mother by Author Daniel E. Sutherland
Author Daniel E. Sutherland Reflects on the Extraordinary Woman – Whistler’s Mother Her name was Anna Matilda Whistler…
A Little History of Archaeology – a video interview with author Brian Fagan
What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, or Neanderthal…
Bookshop of the Month – Ampleforth Abbey Bookshop, North Yorkshire
This July, medieval history enthusiasts from all over the world will descend on Leeds for the 25th annual…
Curator Nathan Flis Unpacks The Paston Treasure
The Paston Treasure – one of the most enigmatic paintings in Western art – has come back home to the…
Gardens and Gardening by Jill Francis
The extravagant gardens of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British aristocracy are well-documented and celebrated, but the more modest…
Why Marx Was Right, by Terry Eagleton – an extract
This month marks the bicentenary of German philosopher and economist Karl Marx’s birth. To mark this moment, we…
How do you talk to a Russian gangster?
In his new book The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia, Mark Galeotti explores the underground world of the Russian mafia,…
Five Things You Might Not Know About London’s Maritime History
Margarette Lincoln offers five things that you may not know about London’s maritime world in the age of…
International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
To celebrate both International Women’s Day and the centenary of women’s suffrage in Britain, we’ve taken a look…
Hedghog & Fox interview with Chris Wickham, author of ‘Medieval Europe’
This transcript is an edited extract from an interview conducted by the new Hedghog & Fox podcast at…
Griselda Pollock explores the life and work of artist Charlotte Salomon
‘She found herself facing the question of whether to commit suicide or to undertake something wildly crazy.’ –…
A Day at Home in Early Modern England Author Q&A – by Tara Hamling and Catherine Richardson
A Day at Home in Early Modern England is co-authored by art historian Tara Hamling and literary scholar…
Eleri Lynn Lifts the Lid on Tudor Fashion
We spoke to Eleri Lynn, fashion historian and curator responsible for the dress collection at Historic Royal Palaces,…
A Cultural History of Extraordinary Bodies by Lynne Vallone
Lynne Vallone’s analytical tour-de-force, Big and Small, investigates bodily size difference as a distinctive cultural marker in Western thought….