On 23 November 1929 Nigeria’s women rose against the colonial authorities, demanding a return to traditional values and the ...

Pilgrimage is not meant to be easy, but it remains a popular pursuit – even for non-believers.

National security during the Second World War was threatened by the ‘enemy within’ – working-class women, suspected of ...

The real female Victorian detectives were every bit as bold as their fictional counterparts – and far more prevalent than we ...

British agents of empire saw their actions in India through the texts of their classical educations. They looked for ...

British agents of empire saw their actions in India through the texts of their classical educations. They looked for Alexander, cast themselves as Aeneas and hoped to emulate Augustus.

Henry IV had a special guest for Christmas in 1400: the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos. United by their Christian faith, they were nonetheless on separate sides of the East-West schism. How ...