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History & The Arts
Percy Shelley: Polemicist
The political writing of Percy Shelley might have a message for the UK right now, believes Mark Summers.
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Society, Politics & Law
Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
People who choose to identify as something other than human can often be the subject of ridicule. Pedro Feijó has researched how otherkin, and others, have been viewed through the centuries.
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History & The Arts
The outgoing Prime Minister and his replacement: Gladstone makes way for Rosebery
As Downing Street changes hands again, we dip into the archives to find out what happened in 1894 when ill-health forced William Gladstone to quit in favour of his foreign secretary Lord Rosebery. This extract originally appeared in The Northern Echo.
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History & The Arts
A journey through two Englands
In this extract from George Eliot's Felix Holt The Radical, a coach makes its way through a nation divided.
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History & The Arts
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
This free course, The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present, highlights the similarities and differences between our modern Games and the Ancient Olympics and explores why today, as we prepare for future Olympics, we still look back at the Classical world for meaning and inspiration.
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History & The Arts
1 July 1916: the beginning of the Battle of the Somme
On the centenary of the end of The Battle of the Somme, discover why the British consider it the bloodiest battle of the First World War, surpassing the Battle of Verdun, and why the Germans don't hold the same view.
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History & The Arts
Stonehenge before the First World War
In this extract from Afoot In England, the naturalist and author William Henry Hudson despairs of a site already being turned into a tourist spectacle.
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History & The Arts
A 19th century autopsy unmasks a poisoner
14 physicians gather at a graveside to untangle a tale of American settlers, poison, weak alibis, murder and suicide.
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Society, Politics & Law
Remembering Ali: How do The Philippines remember The Thrilla In Manila?
The Thrilla in Manila - a bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier - was one of the legendary sporting events of the 20th Century. How does the country which hosted the event remember the bout?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?
Muhammad Ali died on Friday June 3rd, 2016. Ellis Cashmore remembers a legend on both sides of the ropes.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse
In the 1881 letter to trainee nurses at St Thomas' Hospital, Florence Nightingale outlines what she believes makes a good nurse - a woman without "womanly weaknesses".
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History & The Arts
Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?
Long before the EU - back before the outbreak of the First World War - young people from the continent were descending on London taking up poorly-paid roles in the hospitality industry. This extract from the Daily Mirror explains: