The scourge of civilisations

Danny Bird How did you go about uncovering women’s central – and obscured – role in economic history? Victoria Bateman I’ve taught economic history for 20 years, and I wanted to bring together the man

What is America? And who is an American? These questions lie at the heart of Greg Grandin’s provocative new book, which also wrestles with a broader question: do the Americas, North and South, share a

Carthage burned for six days. After three long years of siege, in the spring of 146 BC Roman soldiers finally broke through the city’s defences and began to slaughter the population. But still the Car

Three accounts of modern liberalism

The story of some of the last peoples in Europe to embrace Christianity

Whether vestiges of paganism survived Europe’s Christianisation is a subject of enduring fascination. Scholarly debate navigates between the ‘maximalist’ position (much survived) and the ‘minimalist’