No figure is more emblematic of the Victorian era than Queen Victoria herself, whose reign from 1837 to 1901 gave the period its name....

Have you ever gotten out of a particularly engrossing lecture and thought ‘this lecturer would make a great world leader’? Neither have...

It is startling just how many of Colchester’s streets are casually dotted with pieces of history that thousands walk past unknowingly...

Though first articulated to Congress in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine would not become a significant part of US foreign policy until the...

On 22 April 1870, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was born into a middle-class family in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk), Russia. His family had...

Footbinding – a notorious cultural practice – represents how image, pain, and power intersected to leave an indelible mark on both...

It is 686 AD at the gates of the Northumbrian monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey. Pushing one of the great oak doors ajar, we are...

On 3 November 1948, early editions of the Chicago Daily Tribune  boldly declared, ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’. With votes still being counted,...

The army barracks at Colchester are some of the oldest, continually used, military facilities anywhere in the world. Since AD 43, there...

When people think of the Whitechapel murders that horrified London during the last quarter of the 19th century, there is a very slight...

Memory is not merely a passive reflection of past events; it is a dynamic, selective, and contested process that plays an indispensable...

The defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War can be attributed to a synergy of technological innovation, effective leadership, and...

At the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, the world watched as anti-racist demonstrators in Bristol pulled down a statue...

“Whoever comes to me will be free and equal, because I am freedom.” These bold words, uttered by the spirit of Poland (Wolność) in Adam...

Having spent most of my childhood in Northampton, I greatly appreciate its expansive history. Delapré Abbey can be seen as the historic...

Nestled in the heart of the Peak District, near the town of Bakewell, lies one of Britain’s most iconic country houses: Chatsworth House,...

With the release of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu  at the start of this year, the long shadows left by the German Expressionist film and art...

Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart’s podcast The Rest is Politics  has recently become a staple of my incredibly dreary journey to and...

After my A-levels I was fortunate enough to take a year out before heading to university. For months I was able to work in the glorious...

“Work sets you free only if you die from working.” These were the words of my guide as we stood in front of the infamous gates of...