D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four – The Planning (Part 1 of 3)
In this special commemorative feature, nineteen historians tell the story of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, in forty-four images
Europe
A collection of 86 Posts
The Brute Force of Operation Barbarossa with Richard Hargreaves
Richard Hargreaves examines two of the most bloody and significant weeks in all military history
Decoding The Voynich Manuscript
Garry J. Shaw on the efforts to decode the world's most mysterious manuscript
The Mysterious Miss Charlesworth
Mark Bridgeman explores the story of one of Britain's great swindlers
Alexander Pushkin and the City of Death and Beauty
Sinclair McKay explores the significance of one of Russia's great poet's death to the people of Saint Petersburg
Neanderthal vs Human: Did Diseases Make the Difference?
Liz Kalaugher considers the fate of the Neanderthals
The Photography of Dora Maar
In this excerpt from her book, Hidden Portraits, Sue Roe introduces us to the pioneering photographer Dora Maar
The Audacious Allied Bombing of Venice
Jonathan Glancey revisits one of the final airborne operations of World War Two
The Humble Beauty of Britain's Synagogues
Keith Kahn-Harris finds meaning in the lives of everyday Jews
Victor Grayson and the Trauma of World War One with Stephen May
Stephen May engages with one of the great mysteries in British political history
How to Make a Monster with Surekha Davies
Surekha Davies's new book sweeps back through human history in a quest to find the monsters and tell us what they mean
