Required reading
There are plenty of reasons to visit Turin: fine food and drink, fabulous Alpine vistas and a post-industrial vibe. But there’s also the monument to Grande Torino, a unique piece of football heritage.
Iran – or Persia – has frequently been portrayed as a civilisational foe. Yet classical Greek attempts to rationalise their enemy go beyond our own shallow interpretation.
The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have been a useful exercise in relationship building for the two Koreas. Though unpopular in some quarters, this diplomatic act has precedence in ancient history.
American white supremacists take their cues from a far older influence than the Nazis: the Confederate States of America, a nation dedicated to upholding and extending slavery.
Lord North is sometimes called Britain’s worst ever prime minister. But does the man who lost the American colonies deserve this title, or was he a hapless victim of circumstance?
Video games can be a damn good educational tool. Among the pantheon of video games, the Age of Empires series does more than any other to make people study history.
Distrust of a religious minority, limited interest in international trade, a desire to protect a national identity: this is early modern Japan, a feudal backwater that had cut itself off from the world.
Whether fleeing civil war in Syria, or political oppression in Africa, the right-wing media has met refugees with scorn. This is in contrast to a past of English people both welcoming and being refugees.
950 years ago, the Battle of Hastings changed England forever, ending a system of government, a language, and a literary canon. All this was based on the lies of the ambitious William the Conqueror.
Claudius the God asks us whether it is right to support Claudius as he descends into despotism – not just for the characters, but for ourselves as readers – as illustrated by a fable about the choices of a dog.
