August 23, 2023

Modern Europe was born on the battlefield The Hundred Years War is our chronicle and crucible

Jonathan Sumption

21.07

Are feminist historians rewriting the past? Janina Ramirez's 'Femina' maps modern concerns on our ancestors

Suzannah Lipscomb

02.02

Light a candle; spring is coming After a winter that has felt endless, Candlemas is here

Eleanor Parker

06.01

Thank God for liberalism Our understanding of individual rights is rooted in religion — not a reaction against it

Tomiwa Owolade

06.11

The myth of the anti-science Middle Ages The medieval Church was surprisingly supportive of science and mathematics — and even popularised the modern university

James Hannam