History
An optimistic history of women’s rights
Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Susanna Rustin
A labour of love
We are all historians of our own here and now
The war of words over Estonia’s Soviet monuments
Despite three decades of independence, Estonia’s Soviet past is still a cause of division
Are we losing control of our collections?
We need trustees who actually believe in our museums
The end of “Anglo-Saxon”?
The rebranding of Anglo-Saxon England is senseless and silly
The new Ottomans
The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
The secrets of familial suffering
Recovering from the burden of generational pain can be a private act
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Where are the calls for blasphemy laws coming from?
We should consider the voters as well as the politicians
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
When real Rivals fought over TV
The hit adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel reflects the ITV franchise battles
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
