Demosthenes the Defender of Democracy
James Romm looks back at the story of the famous Athenian orator Demosthenes – a man who gave everything to defend democracy.
Features
Here you can explore our archive of long form pieces, written by expert historians. In these features, they explain where they found their ideas, how they crafted their stories, what new discoveries they have made and arguments they have proposed.
Reasons to Live – A Reconciliation with Mahmoud Darwish
Mai Serhan reflects on an encounter with the great Palestinian poet
What the Genoese Could Have Told the Dutch
Nicholas Walton finds similarities in the histories of the Genoese and the Dutch
Exploring the Dark Underbelly of Georgian Britain
From Jane Austen to Mary Wollstonecrat, Katharine Quarmby writes about the pleasures and pains of the late Georgian Era
Meet me at the Cemetery Gates
Little spaces, profound stories. Roger Luckhurst tells us about London's hidden cemeteries
Operation Stopgap: The First Shot in America’s War on Drugs
David Tuch pinpoints the beginning of the US war on narcoterrorism
Philip Augustus, Medieval England’s Greatest Enemy
Catherine Hanley considers the legacy of a brilliant leader
The Mystery of Genghis Khan’s Englishman
Angus Donald pursues a mysterious Englishman who rode with the fearsome Mongol horde
The Symbol of the Open Road Was Born at Sea
Tim Queeney explains the nautical origins of the steering wheel