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The Land of the Rising Sun’s eight female rulers are all but forgotten, but their lives and reigns were filled with drama

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

The Barbary corsair ship appeared suddenly on the horizon, bristling with cannon. Its decks swarming with armed men, it sliced through the waves at a clip that its quarry – the British merchant ship A

In the south-east of Türkiye, Mardin, Şanlıurfa and Gaziantep offer a gateway to an ancient region whose wonders are still being discovered. The winner of Wanderlust ’s Visions photography competition turns his lens on its historic sites

The Tale of Genji , the Japanese novel that dazzled the West

A daughter comes to terms with a mother’s lack of love