Independence movements come in different shapes and sizes in different parts of the world. And while many of us are familiar with Vietnam’s anti-colonial history,
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The Deep South has a history of racial animosity, but what happened when somebody tried to unite whites and blacks? Well, in the Great Depression
Charles Darwin’s remarkable travels aboard HMS Beagle opened his eyes to the concept of natural selection and paved the way towards a scientific and human
Elvis Presley paid a visit to President Richard Nixon in 1970. But why? In the first of a two part series on celebrity visits to
Thomas Jefferson is today known as one of America’s greater presidents. So much so that both Democrats and Republicans claim him as their own. But
In this article, Kevin K. O’Neill looks at crime in early 19th century London. This was an age before the birth of the police, and
Following our look at Body Armor in World War I, this month Adrian Burrows looks at a second bizarre warfare invention – the bat bomb.
Our image of the week looks at the time the Spanish Conquistadors took Tenochtitlan, modern day Mexico City. We’re yet to foray closely into
An image from the fascinating former Portuguese colonial capital in Mozambique is this week’s image of the week. As you approach Ilha de Mocambique (Island
Were the 1920s German paramilitaries known as the Freikorps Nazis, saboteurs or liberators? Our cover story in the latest edition of History is Now magazine