A Blacksmith in Illinois
Bert Wikle was a member of the German-American Community in the early twentieth century
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A Thousand Golden Cities
Justin Marozzi introduces us to a ‘Description of Kabul’ from the Bāburnāma, the memoirs of Bābur
Why did Joseph Stalin Decide to Invade Finland in 1939?
The Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland began in late 1939. For Stalin, as Kimmo Rentola explains, it turned out to be a strategic blunder
Harry Clifton and Brideshead’s Sebastian Flyte
The real-life inspiration for a classic character from fiction
The 1907 Peking to Paris Race with Kassia St Clair
Kassia St Clair on an event that 'accelerated the twentieth century'
The Unseen History of the Greek Intellectuals during the Roman Empire
Charles Freeman on the endurance of Greek culture
Angels of History
Jeremy Eichler reflects on The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance