Europe

A collection of 84 Posts

From Winter War to Cold War with Kimmo Rentola post image

From Winter War to Cold War with Kimmo Rentola

Kimmo Rentola tells us all about 'The Winter War'

The Race to the Future post image

The Race to the Future

Kassia St Clair on the adventure that accelerated the twentieth century

The 1907 Peking to Paris Race with Kassia St Clair post image

The 1907 Peking to Paris Race with Kassia St Clair

Kassia St Clair on an event that 'accelerated the twentieth century'

1918: Parliament Square, London post image

1918: Parliament Square, London

The Armistice: a strange and uncertain peace

The Unseen History of the Greek Intellectuals during the Roman Empire post image

The Unseen History of the Greek Intellectuals during the Roman Empire

Charles Freeman on the endurance of Greek culture

The Art of the Grimoire post image

The Art of the Grimoire

A gallery of Magic Books and Spells with Owen Davies

'Rigid Airships Were a Bad Idea' with S.C. Gwynne post image

'Rigid Airships Were a Bad Idea' with S.C. Gwynne

The feats and follies of the airship era, on board the world’s largest flying machine

A Brief Atlas of the Lighthouses at the End of the World post image

A Brief Atlas of the Lighthouses at the End of the World

Jose Luis González Macías on the wild beauty of lighthouses

Scarlet Town with Leonora Nattrass post image

Scarlet Town with Leonora Nattrass

Leonora Nattrass on the paranoid politics of the 1790s

Vital Organs with Suzie Edge post image

Vital Organs with Suzie Edge

Suzie Edge on the stories that come from within

The Dictionary People with Sarah Ogilvie post image

The Dictionary People with Sarah Ogilvie

Sarah Ogilvie on the personalities behind the pages

The Siege of Leningrad post image

The Siege of Leningrad

Prit Buttar on the city that would not surrender