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Amritsar: beginning of the end of Empire

The true casualty figures are still hotly disputed 100 years after the Punjab massacre, but its real legacy was the slow death of the Raj

April 25, 2019

A visit to Ely Cathedral perfectly encapsulates the history of England and her architecture.

October 28, 2015

The Coventry raid has stuck in the collective memory for a variety of reasons

October 27, 2015

RW "Bill" Johnson's memoir of the college is a rattling good read

October 27, 2015

The newly-published diaries of Ivan Maisky are an extraordinarily important 21st-century contribution to our understanding of the Second World War

September 21, 2015

The artists and writers who pursued the muse in fin-de-siècle London and Paris

September 21, 2015

Art·Books·History

What is it like to grow up as the child of a dictator?

September 21, 2015

Books·History

Jochen Bleichen's biography of the Emperor is monumental but highly readable

August 24, 2015

A careful and learned account which will be required reading for future historians of Burke

June 23, 2015

Sarah Helm's powerful "biography" of Ravensbruck gathers vital testimony from the camp's survivors

June 23, 2015

The youthful indiscretions of Johnson's biographer

June 23, 2015

Books·History

The centenary exhibition of "the art museum for everyone".

June 22, 2015