Green Ink with Stephen May
In his compelling new novel Stephen May engages with one of the great mysteries in British political history
Interviews
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How to Make a Monster with Surekha Davies
Surekha Davies's new book sweeps back through human history in a quest to find the monsters and tell us what they mean
Josef Mengele the Elusive Nazi with Betina Anton
Betina Anton explains how one of the most infamous Nazis remained at large for decades after the end of the Second World War
The Day President Kennedy Didn't Die with Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer tells us about a failed assassination attempt that very nearly altered the course of history
The Far Edges of the Known World with Owen Rees
Owen Rees leaves Athens and Rome behind and strikes out for the lesser known regions of the ancient world
The Royal Navy's Campaign to Suppress the Slave Trade with Stephen Taylor
Stephen Taylor's book, Predator of the Seas, follows the life of an extraordinary vessel
A Very Private Life – Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O’Brian
We look back at the life of the 'greatest historical novelist of all time'
Patria: Lost Countries of South America with Laurence Blair
South Americans are looking at their continent's history afresh, explains Laurence Blair
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
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
Magnificent Power: the monuments of Ancient Rome with Paul Roberts
Paul Roberts tells us all about his revealing new history of the Eternal City
Is the British Museum Haunted? with Noah Angell
Writer Noah Angell on the ghosts of the British Museum