Alexander’s afterlife
The Macedonian leader conquered swathes of the ancient world – but, as Edmund Richardson reveals, his reach extended farther still after death
Lessons from Afghanistan’s past
Can revisiting misrepresented or untold aspects of history help us better understand the situation today? An expert panel debates key topics
A people’s princess
Long before Diana, the British public adored another ill-fated princess. Tracy Borman tells the tragic tale of the prince regent’s daughter Charlotte
Hereward the Wake
Matt Lewis teases fact from myth in the story of the outlaw who defied William the Conqueror
Ireland divided
Charles Townshend identifies the key episodes that led to the partition of Ireland into north and south
Making melancholy fashionable
Mary Ann Lund discusses how the condition captured the imagination of Renaissance Britain
Queens of spades
Rebecca Wragg Sykes introduces the groundbreaking female archaeologists of the 1930s who dug for success in the face of sexism
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