“we wanted the public to be better informed about the history of empire”

How Cecil Rhodes seized on new technology

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Dominic Sandbrook is speaking about Gordon of Khartoum. He lowers his voice to a reverent whisper, leans into his microphone and tells me of “an imperial hero, an adventurer, who ended his days on the

Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern ...

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

When gossip and rumour led to the trial of two Prussian pastors