Abbots Ascendant
William Chester Jordan’s study of one of medieval Europe’s great monastic rivalries suggests that social mobility may have been more common in the Middle Ages than historians previously thought.
Social
Hard Work
The British government’s universal credit scheme seeks solutions to problems that have frustrated politicians for centuries.
Hooligans in History
From Garotters to Peaky Blinders: is youth ‘not what it used to be’?
Inside the Ancient Bull Cult
King Minos and the Minotaur remain shrouded in mystery and mythology, yet evidence of a Bronze Age ‘Bull Cult’ at the Minoan palaces abounds. Were bulls merely for entertainment or did they have a deeper significance?
Edward Bernays: The Original Influencer
An uncanny ability to mould public desire made Edward Bernays one of the 20th century’s most influential – yet invisible – characters, the architect of modern mass manipulation.
Kick-starting British Industry
In the Industrial Revolution, state intervention, protectionism and immigration were all adopted by successive governments to promote British manufacturing.
Roman Loans
Dealing with debt in the Roman Empire.
New Life for Labour?
History suggests that closer collaboration and rradical new thinking between the central state and Cooperativisim could yet yield positive results.
What Makes a ‘Good’ Migrant?
The division of migrants into those who are of benefit to British society and those who are not has a long history.
Stripping Down the Buttoned Up
An examination of the ‘fleeting, fine-grained intimacies’ of letters, diaries and memoirs produces a witty and scholarly account of Victorian attitudes to the body.