‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review j.hoare Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43 | Continue reading
The Search for the Historical Buddha j.hoare Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39 | Continue reading
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death j.hoare Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58 | Continue reading
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain j.hoare Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57 | Continue reading
A History of Phantom Pain j.hoare Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44 | Continue reading
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake j.hoare Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12 | Continue reading
Queen Victoria’s Stalker j.hoare Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45 | Continue reading
The True Knights Templar j.hoare Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54 | Continue reading
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review j.hoare Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37 | Continue reading
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend j.hoare Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15 | Continue reading
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review j.hoare Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39 | Continue reading
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death? j.hoare Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36 | Continue reading
How to Revive Wassailing j.hoare Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24 | Continue reading
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review j.hoare Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08 | Continue reading
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail j.hoare Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07 | Continue reading
History Today Review of the Year j.hoare Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00 | Continue reading
On the Spot: Chris Clark j.hoare Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00 | Continue reading
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review j.hoare Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00 | Continue reading
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews j.hoare Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00 | Continue reading
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women j.hoare Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00 | Continue reading
Medieval Icelandic Feasts j.hoare Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00 | Continue reading
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War j.hoare Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00 | Continue reading
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways j.hoare Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00 | Continue reading
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion j.hoare Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00 | Continue reading
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review j.hoare Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39 | Continue reading
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII j.hoare Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00 | Continue reading
‘In postwar Britain I was prejudiced against Germany. Then I studied German history, met German people and changed my mind.’ | Continue reading
The KGB After Stalin j.hoare Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36 | Continue reading
Caspar Hauser died on 17 December 1833, but was it murder or a self-inflicted wound? Hauser’s mysterious death raised as many questions as his mysterious life. | Continue reading
The proper pastime for a young lady in the 19th century was the pursuit of marriage – the magical methods she used might be less proper. | Continue reading
The Oracle at Delphi influenced Greek politics for a millennium. She continues to speak to us today. | Continue reading
Jane Austen’s Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson seeks to provide the context that more than two centuries of changes in fashion have obscured. | Continue reading
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower j.hoare Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26 | Continue reading
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire? j.hoare Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29 | Continue reading
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth j.hoare Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52 | Continue reading
One Fine Day: Britain’s Empire on the Brink by Matthew Parker and Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain by Charlotte Lydia Riley are both full of ambition, but do they deliver? | Continue reading
In 1926 an American university went to sea and caused an international scandal. Could it still be considered a success? | Continue reading
In 1983 the March for Equality and Against Racism from Marseille to Paris marked the coming of age of a new French generation. | Continue reading
Did Jesus have a difficult childhood? Was his youth spent in Egypt or England, India or Japan? The four canonical gospels are quiet on his early life, leading some to speculate. | Continue reading
The Hundred Years War Vol 5: Triumph and Illusion by Jonathan Sumption charts the English downfall and France’s triumph to bring the epic five-volume history to its conclusion. | Continue reading
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins j.hoare Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04 | Continue reading
In the age of enlightenment, the public developed a taste for sheer spectacle. Suitably awe-inspiring, dazzling versions of the world’s most famous volcano, Vesuvius, could soon be found across Europe and North America. | Continue reading
In the late 19th century a new trend captured the Czech people –gymnastics. But sokol was more than just exercise: a healthy body was a healthy nation and the Czechs wanted independence. | Continue reading
Revolutions and rubles, godlings and fascist symbols, Shakespeare and silk: ten historians choose their favourite new history books of 2023. | Continue reading
Soldiers on the front line in France and Flanders saw their fight as the only legitimate one. But in Britain, the mobilisation of the domestic workforce was integral to winning the First World War. | Continue reading
As Anglo-Saxon England faced conquests and apocalypse, Archbishop Wulfstan saw hope for the kingdom in a radical restructuring of society. | Continue reading
Fifty years separate the Boston Tea Party and the Monroe Doctrine. How did a group of British colonies become a self-proclaimed protector of continents within half a century? | Continue reading
On 20 November 1695, Zambi of Palmares – ruler of an ‘invincible’ community of former slaves in the Brazilian jungle – was killed by the Portuguese. | Continue reading