Europe’s taste for power

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

WATCHING THE RECENT SPECTACLE OF THOSE latter-day emperors President Xi of China and India’s Narendra Modi hugging each other at the summit in Tianjin, my mind cast back to an earlier image of a pan-A

Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and ...

The many fates of Islamic slaves

Historian and travel writer Justin Marozzi’s journey through slavery in the Mediterranean and African worlds of Islam is as comprehensive as it is engaging – and irresistibly immediate because of the

Charles FitzRoy immerses us in the experiences of people who travelled to the city in the 18th century