1888: The Eiffel Tower: The Beauty and the Terror
The Parisian skyline was changing in a strange and stirring way in July 1888 when Gustave Eiffel led a tour of his majestic new tower
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.
1917: Johnny Reynolds, 'Human Fly', Thrills Crowd
On Wednesday 5 September 1917, the daredevil climber Johnny Reynolds performed in Washington D.C.
1941: Mill District, Pittsburgh
We search for the source of this classic image by one of twentieth century's great documentary photographers
Martha Dodd: A Yank in the KGB
Brendan McNally describes the strange sequence of events that took a girl from Chicago to Nazi Berlin
Lord of the Flies and the Second World War
Dr Nicola Presley traces the hope and despair of William Golding's novel back to the years of war
Winner of the Cundill History Prize: Native Nations
Historian Kathleen DuVal is awarded one of the most prestigious history prizes
The Wreck of the Royal Charter
Our editor Peter Moore on how hundreds of people were lost in a disastrous shipwreck in 1859
The 1812 Constitution of Cádiz
Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart take us back to a revolutionary moment in European history
The Disturbing Visions of Francis Galton
Gavin Evans, the author of 'White Supremacy' traces a racist ideology to its source
The Fire at the Houses of Parliament
In 1834 the home of British politics was destroyed on a dramatic autumnal night
Travel in Old Japan
Japan in the Age of the Shoguns was a dynamic place, full of colour, energy and movement. Here Lesley Downer takes us for a trip on its old roads