The time of Maori
So far as we know, the original inhabitants of New Zealand were a dark-skinned race called Maoris, a people lithe...
08/08/2013
Sweet and incomparable Josephine
The love of Bonaparte’s life was an enchanting Creole – the term then used for all white West indians –...
02/08/2013
The Great Exhibition opened
The world’s first international exhibition of industry was opened on the 1st May 1851 by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. It...
24/07/2013
The African Expedition of Scipio
Nobody probably in the Roman senate doubted either that the war on the part of Carthage against Rome was at...
21/07/2013
Fighting for love: Ulrich von Lichtenstein
A name made famous by Hollywood, there was a real Ulrich von Lichtenstein. Born of a noble family in the...
20/07/2013
The Prince and the Devil Dog
The strange story of Prince Rupert’s dog began in 1638, when Rupert of the Rhine – the youthful nephew of...
14/07/2013
Book review: Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present by Brendan Simms
Author: Brendan Simms Publisher: Allen Lane Reviewed by: Tim Blanning Price (RRP): £30 How do you write a history of...
13/07/2013
The King Richard II’s Tomb
When Richard II’s first consort, Anne of Bohemia, died in June 1394, his grief knew no bounds. He decided that...
05/07/2013
Anti-suffragette postcards
In these days on telephone, email, text, Facebook or Twitter, it is salutary to remember that in early 20th-century Britain...
03/07/2013
Punishing the poor
Poverty came close to being a crime in 16th and 17th century England. Once the needy sought help from the...
21/06/2013