In The World of the Cold War: 1945-1991 Vladislav Zubok argues that circumstance rather than ideology shaped the clash ...

As well as Latin Christian victories, it described moments of suffering and struggle – and two occasions in which crusaders ...

The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker sheds light on the Soviet ...

America, América: A New History of the New World by Greg Grandin finds a place for Latin America and its ideals in the story ...

The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain by Anna Whitelock offers a panoramic view of Jacobean foreign policy ...

In 19th-century America abortion was weaponised as part of a culture war.

When it comes to the end of the Roman Empire three things are certain: death, taxes, and Goths. Were reports of its demise exaggerated? ‘The Sun Rising’ by Anna Whitelock review The Sun Rising: James ...

In a recent tweet, Robert Jenrick, shadow justice secretary, denounced immigrants from ‘alien cultures, who possess medieval attitudes towards women’. He claimed that these ‘medieval attitudes’ were ...

The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term were nothing if not controversial. This was especially the case in the United States’ northern neighbour where his talk of Canada becoming the ‘51st ...

It is night in a small room behind a post office in late 18th-century Paris. Six clerks work by candlelight, each moving with practised speed, first pressing letter seals into small balls of ...

As Nasser moved to nationalise the Suez Canal in 1956, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was forced to choose between faith and ...

In June 1825 Samuel Pepys’ diary was published for the first time. It was an instant hit. Newspapers were soon full of reviews quoting memorable passages from this secret journal: Pepys’ descriptions ...