Teresa Bejan’s history of equality before egalitarianism locates the origins of a modern conviction in the England of the 1640s. It is an exceptional work that marks a new beginning. A Quaker meeting, ...

The Fifth Republic’s deteriorating fiscal situation offers the strongest parallel with the waning years of the Ancien Régime.

The arson attack on Limoges’s town hall destroyed centuries of history and damaged an inclusive vision of the Republic. Whether France defends it is a question for the future. The town hall of Limoges ...

Bojan Pancevski’s account of the Nord Stream sabotage reveals an operation that foreshadowed how Ukraine would take the war to Russia. Gas from the ruptured Nord Stream 2 pipeline bubbles to the ...

The socialite and civil servant was a devoted assistant to three very different foreign secretaries during the Second World War and its aftermath. A photograph of Cordell Hull, US Secretary of State, ...

A record victory for Latvia’s pro-Ukraine prime minister was accompanied by a surge for populist parties in the country’s lowest-ever general election turnout. The Latvian parliament on election day.

Jan Rüger’s erudite study makes a compelling case for seeing the bond between Britain and Germany as a driving force in European history. Thomas Rowlandson, R. Ackermann's 'Transparency on the Victory ...

Richard Dawkins’s bestseller defined New Atheism, an intellectual fashion whose conclusions look increasingly irrelevant. The cover of Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion'. Credit: CBW Who is the most ...

A century ago, a Baltic fishing village began its transformation into a bustling port. Gdynia embodied interwar Poland’s modernising ambitions, but it could not guarantee the country’s security. The ...

The Brazilian election is being viewed as a referendum on Donald Trump’s ability to reel in Latin America’s largest economy and last major left-wing holdout. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da ...

Earlier this week, a Russian drone strike hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv, bringing terror to the historic centre of Ukraine’s capital and ...