History

Alan Lomax created a ‘global jukebox’ for us all
Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax created a ‘global jukebox’ for us all

Pioneering ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax travelled the world to find the sounds that would help created the modern musical landscape.

Nothing Special review: A fictional peek into the world of Warhol
novel

Nothing Special review: A fictional peek into the world of Warhol

Nicole Flattery’s debut novel puts her teenage misfit protagonist at the heart of the action in the Warhol studios, where she is drawn into his increasingly surreal world

Britain on strike: Have we reached boiling point?
Strike action

Britain on strike: Have we reached boiling point?

Six months of strikes, whole industries on the edge, services collapsing and stalemate in talks. What’s next for a nation that’s had enough?

Bloody Sunday: Why we need the human stories that history textbooks leave out
Julieann Campbell

Bloody Sunday: Why we need the human stories that history textbooks leave out

The forgotten cabinet makers who were more influential than Chippendale
history

The forgotten cabinet makers who were more influential than Chippendale

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Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?
History

Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?

Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton ‘is as dark as it can get’
tv interview

Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton ‘is as dark as it can get’

Living starring Bill Nighy is an elegant film but it’s not a 1950s I recognise
Opinion

Living starring Bill Nighy is an elegant film but it’s not a 1950s I recognise

Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss
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Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss

Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce on Kim Philby drama: ‘You can have a lot of fun in the spy genre’
espionage

Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce on Kim Philby drama: ‘You can have a lot of fun in the spy genre’

How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film
thriller

How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film

Michael Morpurgo on War Horse turning 40: ‘There will be no future without peace’
Culture

Michael Morpurgo on War Horse turning 40: ‘There will be no future without peace’

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands
exile

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands

12 Black Britons everyone should know about
Social Justice

12 Black Britons everyone should know about

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
Books

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

Top 5 books on the Cuban revolution, chosen by Christopher Othen
Top 5 books

Top 5 books on the Cuban revolution, chosen by Christopher Othen

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother’s childhood secret
Books

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother’s childhood secret

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland
Books

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years
book reviews

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison
Books

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison

Chad Orzel: What happened to history’s missing 10 days?
Books

Chad Orzel: What happened to history’s missing 10 days?

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Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage
Books

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage

How Herbert Ponting captured Scott’s doomed Antarctic expedition
Books

How Herbert Ponting captured Scott’s doomed Antarctic expedition

Glasgow’s historic buildings have been neglected – but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past
Paul Sweeney

Glasgow’s historic buildings have been neglected – but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past

Author Scott Anderson on the last CIA survivor of the Cold War
Books

Author Scott Anderson on the last CIA survivor of the Cold War