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The Hellfire Club in Stranger Things is a school DnD club – but the real Hellfire Club from history which it’s based upon is far more scandalous and notorious.
US President Calvin Coolidge hasn’t gone down in history for his triumphs or failures as president during the 1920s – but his dry sense of humor carries on.
A largely forgotten incursion behind the Iron Curtain had reverberations in both countries
Considered a pioneer of “Black Studies à la française”, Ndiaye’s appointment comes at a time when issues in race and gender have divided the French political class and public opinion.
From the 18th century, historians taught us to understand the world as a story of linear progress. But this viewpoint made them architects of empire. History, writes Yves Rees, has blood on its hands.
The Black Death evolved around Kyrgyzstan, according to new research.
The tragedy of Macbeth issues a warning for our times about the harm that is done when the desire for power drowns out the inner voice of conscience.
A linguist explores the origin of the word ‘father’ – and why derivatives are common in languages across the globe.
Phallic graffiti was more than just funny in Roman Britain.
For relations with the DRC to truly improve, the Belgian state must acknowledge its historical responsibility more strongly.
From unwrapping parties to grinding-up mummies to make medicine, Europe has a long and strange relationship with Ancient Egyptian remains.
There are valuable lessons to be learned from the England of the 1600s.
Anne Lister’s various exchanges were coded in her diary with a mixture of words and symbols.
The legacy of the Holocaust stretches beyond a handful of death camps and ghettos. Stumbling Stones hope to help people remember that
The monarch is the head of the Church of England but as Britain has become more diverse so has the approach to religion in jubilees.
How perceptions of adultery in British society have changed might surprise you.
A patchwork of Roman laws (including Rome’s complex murder laws) sought to address coercive and violent behaviour
Historians aren’t sure exactly when the first zoo was built, but it’s clear humans have kept exotic animals for thousands of years.
New research on the Crystal Palace dinosaurs is uncovering truths about these famous Victorian sculptures
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort University
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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Senior Lecturer, School of History, Australian National University
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Historian, Australian Catholic University
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