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“We Live In A Time Of Growing Calls To Right The Wrongs Of The Past”

Can we ever apologise meaningfully for deeds done by others in the past? Can we right the wrongs of history? And what about reparations? Accepting moral guilt is one thing, materially making amends is quite another.

Marrakech, Morocco

For the latest in our historical holiday series, Sarah takes in the sights, sounds and smells of Morocco’s former imperial capital.

On The Money

CATHERINE R SCHENK admires a long but successful distillation of the Bank of England’s complicated 320-year history.

Expertise Is Not Just A Man In A Suit Anymore

What is it like to be a female historian in the 21st century? Ellie cawthorne spoke to four leading academics about internet trolls, juggling work and family, and their plans to shake up the study of history.

Are We Witnessing A ‘Post-Truth' Nadir In Media Influence?

The issue of ‘fake news’ has barely been out of the news in recent weeks. With this in mind, we asked two historians to offer their perspectives on the ‘post-truth’ era and explore the rocky relationship between politicians and the press

New Zealand Makes Suffrage History

Twenty years of campaigning sees New Zealand women given the right to vote, to the dismay of many men

The US Constitution Is Signed

Thirty-nine men put pen to paper in Philadelphia

Have High-Rises Ever Been The Answer To Our Housing Woes?

In the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster, we asked two experts to offer their perspectives on the impact of multi-storey public housing on Britain’s social landscape since the Second World War

Primo Levi 1919 - 87

Television presenter Nick Hewer chooses.

Florence, Italy

For the latest in our historical holiday series, Joanne explores Florence, the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance

A Nerveless Nazi-Killer

As part of our occasional series pro ling remarkable yet unheralded characters from history, Gavin Mortimer introduces Johnny Hopper, the British lone-wolf ghter who embarked on a campaign of violence that made him one of the most wanted men in Nazi-occupied France

On The Warpath

MILES RUSSELL enjoys a richly descriptive work following Caesar’s path to victory over the Gauls

The Making Of A Military Genius

In just two years, Oliver Cromwell made the journey from little-known MP with no experience of armed combat to brilliant, battle-winning leader. Martyn Bennett reveals how a military novice became one of British history’s greatest warriors.

Boston Rebels Dump Tea Into The Sea

Britain and its American colonies come to blows over a controversial tax.

Mary Wollstonecraft 1759–97

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour party, chooses.

Who blundered in The Valley of Death?

The Charge of the Light Brigade is one of the most notorious fiascos in British military history. But who should shoulder the blame for this suicidal assault on Russian guns? Saul David considers the evidence

The Fight For Black America

Characterising Black Power as the civil rights movement’s ‘evil twin’ masks its considerable achievements over the past 50 years