The annexation of Cyprus was more than another milestone in Roman expansion – it was a showcase of political theatre. In the ...

In Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld, Matthias Egeler follows the huldufólk from the wild places of ...

Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London by Jacqueline Riding goes where few historians dare: south of ...

Confronted by a confusing and complex national history, Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk decided to embrace myth rather than ...

Caught out of hours in a regimental brothel run by the British army in Kanpur, northern India, in the late 1930s, Private David Lloyd Griffiths was in trouble. Remembering the incident years later, he ...

Traditionally regarded with near contempt, the office of Vice President was created almost by accident. The importance of the ‘Veep’ has grown considerably since. Mark Rathbone looks at the Battle of ...