As India celebrates its independence, the flag is on full display, but few people know about the complex origins of this ubiquitous national symbol.
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The violence sparked by the removal of Confederate statues in the US shows the ideas that collect around historical monuments. Sometimes it’s better to remove them; yet they can be an important way of remembering trauma.
The sun was worshiped as a deity in many cultures – and witnessing it get extinguished could be a particularly terrifying event.
Today the phrase ‘all roads leads to Rome’ means that there’s more than one way to reach the same goal. But in Ancient Rome, all roads really did lead to the eternal city, which was at the centre of a vast road network.
Over the past 100 years, discarded and secondhand goods have been used by artists to reject mainstream aesthetics.
The Russian cyberthreat goes back over three decades, extends into the country’s educational systems and criminal worlds, and shows no signs of letting up.
Slaves were involved in medical experimentation in the 1700s – both as sources of knowledge and as nonconsenting participants.
A system first deployed in South Africa in the early 20th century continues to influence the way travel is monitored today.
The history of the office illustrates not only how our work has changed but also how work’s physical spaces respond to cultural, technological and social forces.
What would possess an Antarctic expedition to take dairy cows to the icy continent? Back in 1933, Admiral Byrd did so for reasons of image-making, publicity and territorial ambition.
A scholar of southern politics finds inspiration in an unexpected place.
Thoreau spent his life pursuing the ‘hard bottom’ of truth. But he confronted a sensationalist newspaper industry that, in many ways, mimicked today’s media environment.
What can we learn from the 19th-century Qing dynasty?
The newspaper’s new owners harken back to a tradition of labor-led media in the early part of the 20th century, which represented a bulwark against corporate power.
Politicians hope that a “museum of fascism” in Benito Mussolini’s hometown can help the country face its demons. Historians aren’t so sure.
The first fully industrialised war prompted many to draw parallels between human society and the insect world.
National Archive files reveal how the PM offered preferential treatment to a breakaway union in a bid to weaken its rivals.
Many have compared the UK’s repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 with leaving the European Union.
How French memories of the Dunkirk evacuation differ from those of the British.
Taking the long view of homelessness can reveal patterns that explain how and why people get caught up in conditions not of their making.
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