Articles

How Did the Romans Respond to the Deaths of their Emperors?

Rumour in the Roman world tended to flourish when it came to the the fate of emperors, threatening imperial stability and exposing public anxiety.

Caillan Davenport

Henry Du Pré Labouchère: The Least Victorian of All Victorian Politicians?

An account of the MP which contrasts an unconventional career with the self-interest and hypocrisy he shared with his Victorian contemporaries.

Debbie Kilroy

Naming the Dead: Inspiration from a Family Bible

17th-century hardship, personal family loss, and a record of the names of the dead becomes a way for Karen Haden's protagonist to process grief and preserve memory.

Karen Haden

Drinking, Typing and Gossiping: US Foreign Correspondents in Europe between the Wars

A portrait of the hard-drinking, ambitious American correspondents who chronicled Europe’s slide toward war in the interwar years.

Michael Ridpath

20th CENTURY LATEST

Émigré, Photographer, Secret Agent: An Extraordinary Life

A communist activist and Soviet agent, the Austrian-born Edith Tudor-Hart helped drive modernist photography and set in motion Britain’s most notorious spy ring.

Daria Santini

MEDIEVAL LATEST

What is the Blood Price?

The novelist's latest is a departure from the Norman invasion, but what's the story behind it?

Paul Bernardi

ANCIENT HISTORY LATEST

How Did the Romans Respond to the Deaths of their Emperors?

Rumour in the Roman world tended to flourish when it came to the the fate of emperors, threatening imperial stability and exposing public anxiety.

Caillan Davenport

Alexander the Great in the Dock

Classics for All’s latest 'moot trial' brought history’s greatest commander to the Supreme Court.

Oliver Webb-Carter

EDITOR’S CHOICE

Has 2026 Changed the World of Assassination?

A timely inquiry proposes that assassination today remains a fixture of statecraft as recent targeted killings continue to pervade the geopolitical sphere but rarely deliver clear strategic success.

Simon Ball