Entertaining America: the Federal Theatre Project with James Shapiro
The origins of today's Culture Wars can be found in the 1930s, argues James Shapiro
Politics
A collection of 18 Posts
1924: The Death of Lenin
On 21 January 1924, the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin died. Here's how the news was reported in Britain.
Fire at the Guildhall
Leonora Nattrass takes us back to 18th century Cornwall and a brewing political scandal
The Village of the Damned
Matthew Green revisits the Welsh village of Capel Celyn, and how it ended up beneath 68 million tonnes of water