Charles de Gaulle is Sentenced to Death
On 17 June 1940, when Marshal Pétain surrendered France to the Nazis, 49-year-old General Charles de Gaulle was in London.
Reduce and Seduce at the Teenage Beauty Farm
When it opened in the Malibu mountains in 1962, the ‘Teen-Age Beauty Farm’ – a combination spa, charm school, weight-loss
‘José Martí Reader: Writings on the Americas’ review
José Martí (1853-95) is a singular figure in Latin American history. A writer and a revolutionary, Martí was the prophet
‘Saving’ South Africa’s San Peoples
In 1919 the South African Rand Daily Mail reported on a shocking killing: a farmer, Vermaak, had ‘crossed the scent
Ship Shape: British Naval Strategy After Napoleon
In the summer of 1858 the French emperor Louis Napoleon III decided the time was right to inaugurate the massive
Shakespeare’s Lost Years | History Today
On 20 September 1592 a strange, yet immensely important, pamphlet was entered in the Stationer’s Register in London. Cobbled together
What Will We?
Blog Post 79 Muharram, 27, 1447 – July 23, 2025 (While this blog post is mostly about the genocide in
The Great Destroyer: Cyrus, Babylon, and Jerusalem
How deserted lies the city,once so full of people!How like a widow is she,who once was great among the nations!She
‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’ by Manu S. Pillai review
On 17 March this year, a riot broke out in Nagpur, central India, over a Bollywood film and a man
Aarzu All Around by Marzieh Abbas
I was hesitant starting this 384 page middle grade novel in verse, because the stereotype of having to disguise yourself
