Social & Cultural History

Forging Germans explores the German nationalization and eventual National Socialist radicalization of ethnic Germans in the Batschka and the Wester...

The Symbolism of Medieval Churches: An Introduction explores the ways in which the medieval church building and key features of it were used as sym...

The automobile and Soviet communism made an odd couple. The quintessential symbol of American economic might and consumerism never achieved iconic ...

An in-depth look at how democratic values have widened the American arts scene, even as it remains elite and cosmopolitanTwo centuries ago, wealthy...

The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, late...

There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum, writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaur...

An examination of coined money and its significance to rulers, aristocrats and peasants in early medieval EuropeBetween the end of the Roman Empire...

This is both a history of books as objects and artefacts but also a social history about the use and transmission (or restriction) of knowledge in ...

The nineteenth century was a time of extraordinary scientific innovation, but with the rise of psychiatry, faiths and popular beliefs were often se...

Salt is a vital commodity. For many centuries it sustained life for Scots as seasoning for a diet dominated by grains (mainly oats), and for preser...

James VI and I, the first monarch to reign over Scotland, England and Ireland, has long endured a mixed reputation. To many, he is simply the homos...

Hodges Figgis Book of the Year 2023 Maps are essential tools in finding our way around, but they also tell stories and are great depositories of i...

The landscape, buildings and people of Kent have provided inspiration for writers for centuries. Whether the writers were natives of the county its...

An alphabet developed by Germanic and Nordic peoples during ancient times, runes were used to represent both simple things and more complex concept...

In many ways, race has come to the forefront of contemporary American life. From the Black Lives Matter movement sparked by unarmed police shooting...

'THOUGHT-PROVOKING' Bernardine Evaristo | 'IMPORTANT' Melissa Hemsley | 'RAZOR-SHARP' Nels Abbey | 'ESSENTIAL' Jaspreet Kaur | 'INSPIRATIONAL' Soph...

Before It Went Rotten takes a trip back to the world before punk. When Anarchy in the UK appeared, London enjoyed one of the most vibrant music sce...

When BEATLEMANIA seized the nation: Relive the Mayhem of 1963 The Beatles broke up more than half a century ago, yet millions around the globe are ...

Germany, spring 1945. Hitler is dead and his armies crushed. Across the conquered Reich, cities lie devastated by Allied saturation bombing; their ...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A small masterpiece. There is something funny, notable or awe-inspiring on every single page Jenny Colgan, Spectator A ...