Can Instagrammable tourism find its origins in the seventeenth century?

I visited Paris recently and during my stay I noticed that many tourists were taking their photos seriously – spending long periods of time in front of monuments trying different poses, different angles and even changing outfits in an attempt to take the perfect photo. However, in the age of Instagrammable tourism, this is unsurprising. Instagrammable -tourism, […]

The Beatles: ‘Now and Then,’ a Renaissance?

The Beatles, are one of the strongest contenders for the musical greatest of all time, and indeed some have even awarded them this prestigious spot. Even if you do not consider them to be the greatest, they must still certainly be regarded as one of the most famous and successful, estimated to have sold 600 […]

Why did the Dutch go mad for tulips?

Can myth and reality align? The site of Troy and the search for proof of the Trojan War

European Witch-hunting and the Pendle Witches

Egyptian-Israeli Peace: 45 Years On

Have we been unfair to Æthelred the Unready?

Was Henry V really ‘the greatest man who ever ruled England’?

Neglecting the North: Margaret Thatcher, Rishi Sunak and the North/South divide

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: what we can learn today