Eventide: A Scene in the Westminster Union from 1878.
Hubert von Herkomer
The desire to treat all those in poverty via one policy stems from the same impulses that led to reform of poor laws in the 19th century.
The auditorium at University of Göttingen today.
Daniel Schwen/Wikimedia
Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world’s greatest centers for mathematical research.
Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Songquan Deng/Shutterstock.
From the amphitheatre at Arles to London’s Wembley, stadiums can be adapted to serve their cities.
The euro just turned 20.
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While the euro’s survival for two decades is evidence of its success, it was born with fundamental problems that have weakened it, leading to near-constant crisis.
The family of Hop Lin Jong (who is pictured on the far left) at the wedding of her daughter, Ruby (third from right) in 1924. Ruby was murdered by her husband the following year.
Hop Lin Jong’s arrival in Western Australia in 1901 was remarkable only because she was Chinese. Her life might have passed in obscurity if not for the murder of her daughter in 1925.
Part of the 2.5 metre dolls’ house created by Petronella Oortman in 17th century Amsterdam.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
A 2.5 metre dolls’ house reveals the hopes and dreams of Petronella Oortman, a 17th-century Dutch woman.
Djim Loic/Unsplash
Our obsession with busyness is about managing relationships – not just time.
Richard Paton, Battle of Barfleur via Wikimedia Commons
British is an imperial term, not a national one.
In the 19th century, white families in the U.S. could easily acquire real estate. This was never the case for Black Americans.
U.S. National Archives
Old 19th-century agreements between the U.S. government which expelled Indigenous peoples from their land and gave it cheaply to white settlers continue to impact inequalities in the United States.
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Stories of substitution and surrogates are all too common in the wildlife trade, especially when it comes to medicines derived from animal parts.
Lin-Manuel Miranda plays Jack, a lamplighter, in the sequel to the original 1964 film.
Disney
The lamps that once lit London’s streets have come to symbolize a certain time and place in British history.
A 1903 drawing by Louis Dalrymple depicts European immigrants as “rats” (in the magazine Judge ).
New York Public Library
The deepening geographic, racial, gender and educational divisions in America shows some striking parallels between the nation today and in the 1920s.
Still the centre?
Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
The ‘centre’ has long been chasing the right on immigration politics.
Team member Felix Knight looks through archives at the Church of Espiritu Santo in Havana, Cuba.
David LaFevor
The Slave Societies Digital Archive documents the lives of approximately 6 million free and enslaved Africans in the Americas.
French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte after a meeting with the Romanian president at the Elysee presidential palace (November 27, 2018).
Bertrand Gauy/AFP
With some “Gilet jaune” protestors calling for the removal of Emmanuel Macron, the French constitution is being criticized anew for concentrating too much power in the hands of the president.
Mstyslav Chernov
In the shadow of the pyramids of Giza, lie the tombs of the courtiers and officials who built these vast structures.
One of the plundered Benin plaques, at the British Museum.
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Colonial powers plundered the heritage of countries all over the world – restitution is long overdue.
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Ancient Egyptians believed shaving was associated with cleanliness but Greeks were proud of their beards, which symbolised authority and wisdom.
One of the photographs from Terry Kurgan’s book.
Supplied/Jasek Kurgan
In Terry Kurgan’s book family history, however tortuous, is subsumed into a greater history of the greatest atrocity.
‘Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor’ by William Halsall (1882).
Pilgrim Hall Museum
The Pilgrims repeatedly thanked God for their good fortune. But without two earlier developments, the entire undertaking at New Plymouth would have likely failed.