Lily Maxwell is often missed from the history books, despite being one of the most important figures in the women’s suffrage ...

These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia ...

Ross and Graham explained that Cole, then an emerging jazz artist, asked Troup to finish the tune for an upcoming recording ...

A historian’s take on India’s North-South divide ahead of the 2026 delimitation falls short on data and policy insight. An in ...

Outrageous (now streaming on BritBox, with new episodes dropping on Tuesdays) is the story of the Mitford sisters, six aristocratic Englishwomen whose lives overlapped with a who’s-who of 20th-century ...

Madrid Book Fair is dedicated to the American city. Juan Ramón Jiménez and Federico García Lorca made it a key muse of ...

The history of Chinese immigrants in America has always been about much more than one ethnic group. As Michael Luo’s Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the ...

The book “A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps” highlights several pivotal events and developments of the 20th century. These include the two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold ...

The word 'modern' is a little fuzzy here. The book's subtitle suggests a trove of 20th century maps, but we also find plenty from the 19th and 21st. All the better, because it means we get to see ...

In his new book “Eminent Jews,” Denby celebrates four leading Jewish cultural figures who emerged in the middle of the 20th century: Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer and Leonard Bernstein.

The Last Peasant War — Violence and revolution in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe by Jakub S Benes Princeton University Press, £35 WHEN I first read the title of this book, I did a double take. I ...

It explores the structures and stories of Cairene homes since the Muslim Conquest, relying on old manuscripts, 20th-century history books, and personal observations.