‘Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History’ by Benjamin Moser review
Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History by Benjamin Moser is a one-dimensional appraisal of the Jewish people’s broken home.
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‘The House of Cromwell’ by Miranda Malins review
In The House of Cromwell: Power, Family and the Making of Modern Britain Miranda Malins contrasts two generations of an English political dynasty: one that consolidated royal power and another that decapitated it.
Abortion and the Church in 17th-Century Scotland
When an unmarried servant returned home pregnant in the 17th century, women in her community helped her ‘part with child’ – risking the wrath of the Scottish Presbyterian Church.
How Did the Suez Crisis Change the World?
The military attempt to reverse Egypt’s nationalisation of the Suez Canal in 1956 was a disaster for Britain. What were the consequences?
Sin City: Toulouse and the Albigensian Crusade
To justify the 13th-century Albigensian Crusade, waged against heretics in the south of France, its champions painted Toulouse as Sodom and Gomorrah reborn.
The Lichtenberg Ratio
On 25 October 1786, physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg discovered the aspect ratio of the perfect piece of paper.
Britain and the Premium Bond
For much of its modern history state lotteries were seen as antithetical to Britain’s moral values. The introduction of the Premium Savings Bond in 1956 was a major shift in government policy. What had caused it?
Isabel Allende’s Chilean Exorcism
Why did Chilean history take such a wrong turn? For Isabel Allende the question is best asked with fiction.
Hungary’s Contested 1956 Revolution
In late 1956 hundreds of thousands of Hungarians joined an uprising against the country’s Moscow-oriented government. 70 years on, the revolution’s meaning is still unclear.
‘A Rich Harvest of Bitter Fruit’ by Stephen Long review
A Rich Harvest of Bitter Fruit: CIA and MI6 Covert Action in Communist Albania at the Dawn of the Cold War by Stephen Long discovers a farcical attempt to overthrow Enver Hoxha.
