Reading Time: 4 minutes Kennedy was a charismatic figure to adoring fans during his 1963 Irish visit
Author: Pat Murphy
If Britain had stood aside in 1914
Reading Time: 4 minutes What if Germany had won the First World War? How would the world look today?
Who was to blame for the First World War?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Unravelling the blame game: Exploring the complex factors behind the First World War
Zelenskyy and Ukraine join elite company with 2023 Charlemagne Prize
Reading Time: 4 minutes But who was Charlemagne and why is a prize named after him?
Marie Antoinette’s formidable mother
Reading Time: 4 minutes Austrian ruler Maria Theresa a formidable and hugely influential figure
The inventive mind of John Maynard Keynes
Reading Time: 4 minutes The rise, fall, and resurgence of his economic theory
Westminster Abbey has been hosting coronations since 1066
Reading Time: 4 minutes The religious ceremony is a relic from a distant time, when the monarch was truly regarded as God’s anointed
Caesar and Alexander – heroes, villains, or both?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Projecting modern values back over two thousand years is the tricky bit
Leadership amid the flames of the Great Fire of London
Reading Time: 3 minutes Charles II’s leadership during the Great Fire was the kind of performance that gives kings a good name
When Buffalo Bill took London by storm
Reading Time: 4 minutes Buffalo Bill was an interesting blend of the authentic and the fictional. Most of all, he was a gifted showman