British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception

From the suppression of colonial documents, Caroline Elkins spins a tale of violence

Our Falklands correspondent muses on the importance of the war to the late journalist

When rebellion stalked the streets of London

The extraordinary lives of history’s unsung heroines

Getting at the truth about T H Huxley

Fifty years ago, the miners took on a Conservative Government and won

The heroic age of polar exploration ended with Shackleton’s death

The decadence and excess of the city is of a piece with puritanical restraint

The great London department store Gamages was the British Amazon of its day