The Marshall Plan, officially known as the European Recovery Plan (ERP), was announced in 1947 as part of the U.S.’ effort to secure...

This year marks seventy years since the publication of W.G. Hoskins’ The Making of the English Landscape  (1955), a work that played a...

Throughout the Cold War, the spectre of communism was as much a political ritual as it was a perceived reality, summoned whenever...

"Peace is not merely the absence of conflict, but the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."  – Ronald Reagan    Since its...

In the autumn of 1830, the fields of southern and eastern England ignited in protest. Hayricks burned, threshing machines were smashed,...

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 initiated the construction of a new ideological and institutional order. Besides dismantling the...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

When thinking about the question of what British national identity is, I was struck by a quote from historian Peter Mandler, which...

Concerns over human rights in Latin America during the closing decades of the twentieth century prompted organisations in the UK to...

In 2022, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) celebrated its 100th anniversary. Today, 85% of British adults engage with its...

When we consider the British abolition of slavery, one image often comes to mind: protests in various forms battling against an...

George Orwell’s 1984 is a renowned, modern classic and for good reason. Published in 1949, Orwell sought to tell a story of a...

The term ‘Special Relationship’ was first coined by Winston Churchill in 1944, following Anglo-American cooperation in the Second World...

In 2024, the relationship between Israel and Palestine is arguably at its lowest point. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has led to a...