En garde! a brief history of duelling

Forget the standard double: country-house sleeping arrangements have undergone all sorts of intriguing (and eyebrow-raising) shifts throughout history, observes Melanie Cable-Alexander

The piece I’d never part with

A war surgeon’s struggles David Nott has spent ...

Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the ...

Efforts to prohibit abortion down the ages

Wilmington, Delaware Macrons sue: France’s President Macron and ...