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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
On the morning of 1 February 1524 hundreds of Londoners gathered by the Thames in dreadful anticipation. This day had…
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
‘Piagnoni’, they were called: ‘weepers’. They were gangs of boys and young men – mostly middle class – who patrolled…
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
The rich, like the poor, are always with us. In fact, over many centuries – as this wide-ranging and ambitious…
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
Why are you a historian of medieval Europe? The Middle Ages are the goldilocks period: enough sources that discoveries remain…
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Charlie Chaplin’s first full-length feature film, The Kid (1921), remains one of the great masterpieces of silent cinema. It was…
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Arguing with the Dead | History Today
The dominating feature of Committee Room 10 in the Houses of Parliament is an enormous painting of King Alfred, by…
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
Ahead of a possible Labour victory in Britain’s next general election, three new histories published on the centenary of the…
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
On 13 June 1934 Boris Pasternak was at home in Moscow when the telephone rang. As one of Russia’s most…
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
On 21 November 1667 Afonso VI, king of Portugal, raged outside the convento da Esperança demanding axes break down the…
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How French Was Medieval England?
‘France might have subsumed England entirely’ Justine Firnhaber-Baker is Professor of History at the University of St Andrews The medieval…
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