Martha Dodd: A Yank in the KGB
Brendan McNally describes the strange sequence of events that took a girl from Chicago to Nazi Berlin
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Lord of the Flies and the Second World War
Dr Nicola Presley traces the hope and despair of William Golding's novel back to the years of war
Winner of the Cundill History Prize: Native Nations
Historian Kathleen DuVal is awarded one of the most prestigious history prizes
The Wreck of the Royal Charter
Our editor Peter Moore on how hundreds of people were lost in a disastrous shipwreck in 1859
The 1812 Constitution of Cádiz
Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart take us back to a revolutionary moment in European history
The Disturbing Visions of Francis Galton
Gavin Evans, the author of 'White Supremacy' traces a racist ideology to its source
The Fire at the Houses of Parliament
In 1834 the home of British politics was destroyed on a dramatic autumnal night
Cherry the Pioneering Dog
Paul Koudounaris traces the modern tradition of pet commemoration back to its roots in Victorian England
New History Books for October 2024
From Edinburgh to Rillington Place, Henry Bolingbroke to Horatio Nelson
Travel in Old Japan
Japan in the Age of the Shoguns was a dynamic place, full of colour, energy and movement. Here Lesley Downer takes us for a trip on its old roads
The Execution of King Charles I
Alice Hunt, the author of 'Republic', takes us back to a chilling moment in English political history