The Last Days of Stalin: An Extract
‘Genghis Khan with a telephone.’ On 5 March 2023 it will be 70 years since the death of Joseph Stalin, the man who was…
European History
Hitler at Home: A Conversation with Despina Stratigakos
Adolf Hitler’s makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations which he undertook during the mid-1930s. In a new…
Meet Ivan Maisky: The Munich Agreement
In this, the final part of our blog series celebrating publication of The Maisky Diaries, author Gabriel Gorodetsky selects and introduces an extract to…
Meet Ivan Maisky: The Outbreak of the Second World War
In part three of our blog series celebrating publication of The Maisky Diaries, Gabriel Gorodetsky selects and introduces an extract to coincide with the…
Meet Ivan Maisky: The Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact
In part two of our blog series celebrating publication of The Maisky Diaries, Gabriel Gorodetsky shares an excerpt that provides unique insight into events surrounding…
Meet Ivan Maisky: Soviet Ambassador to London, 1932-43
As the Soviet ambassador to London from 1932-1943, Ivan Maisky had a front-row seat at some of the most pivotal events of the interwar…
Wellington after Waterloo – An Article by Rory Muir
Wellington after Waterloo by Rory Muir The Duke of Wellington felt far from triumphant after defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, famously remarking that “I don’t…
Bastille Day: Philip Nord reflects on France’s past
‘What happened to France in 1940 was what happened to every power that went up against Germany in the first years of the war.’…
Wellington & The Battle of Waterloo: A Timeline
This year marks the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo – Waterloo200 – a great turning point in British history that helped to establish…
The Liberation of the Camps: 8 May 1945, Theresienstadt
By May 1945 all of the concentration and extermination camps across Europe had been liberated. In this final piece in a blog series by the…
VE Day Anniversary: A WW2 Round-Up
Friday 8 May is the 70th anniversary of VE Day, the date that marked the end of the Second World War in Europe. To…
The Liberation of the Camps: 15 April 1945, Bergen-Belsen
The Bergen-Belsen camp is perhaps one of the best-known of the atrocities committed by the Nazis during the Second World War. It has been…
The Liberation of the Camps: 11 April 1945, Buchenwald
It has been over 70 years since the Nazi-led concentration and extermination camps were liberated by the allies. The atrocities that occurred during this dark chapter…
Fashion Victims: Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
The court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in 18th-century France was, and still is, one of the most controversial in the country’s history. The…
When Harry Met Annie: Love and Financial Fraud in the Nineteenth Century (Part 3)
Harry Marks was one of the foremost financial journalists of the late nineteenth century. He was also a man of few scruples, and his salacious…