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History & The Arts
Ten commandments of research
Historical research is endlessly fascinating, occasionally frustrating and totally absorbing. Here are ten commandments to get you started. You should also be warned that it is often totally addictive!
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Health, Sports & Psychology
A reader's guide to Cold Comfort Farm
Something nasty in the woodshed, but there's something wonderful in Gibbon's novel.
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History & The Arts
The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy
Were Renaissance hospitals hell-holes? John Henderson finds similarities to today's health care, and Katherine Park shows that autopsies were often performed.
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History & The Arts
What is the difference between distributive and commutative justice: A one minute guide
What are distributive and commutative justice? What do the terms mean, and how are they different? We've got a really simple guide...
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History & The Arts
The Partition of British India: Timeline
Track the key events during British colonial rule leading to the emergence of the independent nation-states of India and Pakistan in 1947.
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History & The Arts
O' Fortuna: Can you survive Early Modern Europe?
Pit yourself against fate by embarking on a journey into Europe during one of its most volatile periods: 1500-1700. Can your historical knowledge outwit tempestuous Fortuna?
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Science, Maths & Technology
The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension
The 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge was a human tragedy - 46 people died - and an engineering mystery: why did a bridge built to last a century not make 40 years? Part 1: Eyebars in suspension
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Science, Maths & Technology
The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains
The 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge was a human tragedy - 46 people died - and an engineering mystery: why did a bridge built to last a century not make 40 years? Part 2: Stresses and strains
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History & The Arts
Oedipus: The message in the myth
Differences in versions of Greek myths reflect the contemporary worlds of the storytellers, explains Chris Wilson drawing on Oedipus, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Science, Maths & Technology
The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse
The 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge was a human tragedy - 46 people died - and an engineering mystery: why did a bridge built to last a century not make 40 years? Part 3: The collapse
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History & The Arts
Globalisation and the English language
Globalisation has influenced the evolution of the English language the most, according to Dr Maria Leedham, in this short piece based on the transcript of a phone interview.
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History & The Arts
The origins of the First World War
Take an in-depth look at how Europe ended up fighting a four-year war (1914-1918) on a global scale with this collection on the First World War.