Samuel Johnson and the Perils of Hope
On the anniversary of Johnson's birth, Peter Moore considers a subject that deeply engaged the great writer.
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Why Are We Drawn to Mountains?
George Mallory, one of the central figures in the history of mountaineering, was haunted by this simple question, as the author Daniel Light explains
New History Books for September 2024
From Ancient India to Chernobyl, the Commonwealth of England to King Henry V
Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory with Patrick Bishop
On the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris in August 1944, we talk to Patrick Bishop about a complex episode in French history
In Pursuit of Margaret Paston
For twenty five years Diane Watt has been searching letters and landscapes for traces of one of the fifteenth-century's most intriguing figures
New History Books for August 2024
From Operation Barbarossa to the Medieval scriptorium, Kyiv to Cornwall
Early Modern Regime Change
Susan Doran examines the fault line between two of England's great dynasties: the Tudors and the Stuarts
The Summer of 69 (Part 2 of 2)
The Moon landings gave the summer of 1969 its defining story. But elsewhere in the world many other events of consequence were playing out
The Summer of 69 (Part 1 of 2)
The Moon landings gave the summer of 1969 its defining story. But elsewhere in the world many other events of consequence were playing out
Stones of Empire
Catherine Fletcher reflects upon travellers' tales and political spaces as she follows Europe's Roman roads
Entertaining America: the Federal Theatre Project with James Shapiro
The origins of today's Culture Wars can be found in the 1930s, argues James Shapiro