Leading historians share the texts that have inspired and informed their work

On the morning of 9 January 1905 (22 January on the New Style calendar Soviet Russia later adopted), a crowd of striking workers marched peacefully through Saint Petersburg towards the Winter Palace,

An illuminating peak behind the Iron Curtain

Memories of Maoism It’s 35 years since Jung ...

In this issue’s Frontline, the US in Greenland, its contribution to WWI, nuclear threats in Ukraine, Operation Urgent Fury’s aftermath and Lviv’s troubled history

Controversy of the week A grim anniversary When ...