‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
Charles II’s Restoration court has long been associated with hedonism and frivolity. Lurking in the shadows – at least in
A children’s resource on UK riots, Islamophobia and racism
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
When taking stock of Richard III’s short reign, one of the positive developments cited by his modern-day supporters is his
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
At the turn of the 20th century, like so many otherwise clever men of his class, the English explorer Arnold
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
In 1941 the Alma-Ata government puppet theatre of Kazakhstan had a problem with Lilliputians. Nadezhda Pavlovna Amori, director of the
Academy Story by Naim Hammami
I dnfed this elementary aged book a few months ago, and pulled it back out feeling obligated that the publisher
Hawa Abdi by Emna Ennaifer illustrated by Anastasiia Bielik
This picture book biography starts with Dr. Hawa Abdi being born in Mogadishu, Somalia and shares with readers pivotal moments
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
His name was Hugh Donald McIntosh. An Australia-born entrepreneur, he had been a fight promoter, theatrical producer and newspaper magnate.
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
‘The mistake is to assume that problems originate with communism’ Thomas Lorman is Associate Professor in Hungarian History at UCL
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Over the last 50 years or so historians have experienced so many turns – linguistic, material, cultural, spatial, emotional, oceanic,
