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The Chinese nationalist government moved to #Taiwan #OnThisDay in 1949.
Mao once said that Taiwan should be independent, but the Chinese Communist Party has since changed its mind on the ‘renegade province’.
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Mao once said that Taiwan should be independent, but the Chinese Communist Party has since changed its mind on the ‘renegade province’.
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How Chinese is Taiwan?
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December 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Chinese nationalist government moved to #Taiwan #OnThisDay in 1949.
Mao once said that Taiwan should be independent, but the Chinese Communist Party has since changed its mind on the ‘renegade province’.
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Mao once said that Taiwan should be independent, but the Chinese Communist Party has since changed its mind on the ‘renegade province’.
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In this week’s newsletter: in #earlymodern England the time and date was often an informal matter, which had the potential to pose problems.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In this week’s newsletter: in #earlymodern England the time and date was often an informal matter, which had the potential to pose problems.
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In exile, Hortense Mancini captivated 17th-century Europe – and king Charles II – with her beauty and charm. But her path to freedom was mired in scandal.
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Hortense Mancini’s English Affairs
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December 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
In exile, Hortense Mancini captivated 17th-century Europe – and king Charles II – with her beauty and charm. But her path to freedom was mired in scandal.
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A Popular History of Idi Amin’s Uganda by Derek R. Peterson looks for the ordinary people who kept the regime’s wheels turning.
✍️ Jonathon L. Earle reviews the recent #history book
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✍️ Jonathon L. Earle reviews the recent #history book
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‘A Popular History of Idi Amin’s Uganda’ by Derek R. Peterson review
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December 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A Popular History of Idi Amin’s Uganda by Derek R. Peterson looks for the ordinary people who kept the regime’s wheels turning.
✍️ Jonathon L. Earle reviews the recent #history book
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✍️ Jonathon L. Earle reviews the recent #history book
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Impressionist painter #ClaudeMonet died #OnThisDay in 1926.
Monet spent his early twenties as a soldier in French North Africa, yet none of his works or writings from this period survive.
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Monet spent his early twenties as a soldier in French North Africa, yet none of his works or writings from this period survive.
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Claude Monet in Algeria
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December 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Impressionist painter #ClaudeMonet died #OnThisDay in 1926.
Monet spent his early twenties as a soldier in French North Africa, yet none of his works or writings from this period survive.
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Monet spent his early twenties as a soldier in French North Africa, yet none of his works or writings from this period survive.
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#EdithCavell was born 160 years ago #OnThisDay
How did the English nurse become the unlikely guardian angel of the German poet who pronounced her dead?
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How did the English nurse become the unlikely guardian angel of the German poet who pronounced her dead?
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The Poet Who Saw Edith Cavell Die
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December 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#EdithCavell was born 160 years ago #OnThisDay
How did the English nurse become the unlikely guardian angel of the German poet who pronounced her dead?
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How did the English nurse become the unlikely guardian angel of the German poet who pronounced her dead?
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Finished by the First World War and buried under the nation states that succeeded it, the Habsburg monarchy had survived for centuries despite its obvious faultlines. What held it together?
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December 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Finished by the First World War and buried under the nation states that succeeded it, the Habsburg monarchy had survived for centuries despite its obvious faultlines. What held it together?
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As the father of descriptive geography, #Strabo of Amasia provides a unique view of the early #RomanEmpire.
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Strabo: The First Geographer
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December 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As the father of descriptive geography, #Strabo of Amasia provides a unique view of the early #RomanEmpire.
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The taking of #Jerusalem in 1099 established in Europe a fascination with the #Crusades which has never been exhausted.
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The Long Shadow of the First Crusade
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December 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The taking of #Jerusalem in 1099 established in Europe a fascination with the #Crusades which has never been exhausted.
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#AlfredNobel’s Peace Prize has become something other than what its founder intended in 1895. Where have the ‘Champions of Peace’ gone?
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How the Nobel Peace Prize Lost its Way
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December 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#AlfredNobel’s Peace Prize has become something other than what its founder intended in 1895. Where have the ‘Champions of Peace’ gone?
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As the father of descriptive geography, Strabo of Amasia provides a unique view of the early #RomanEmpire.
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Strabo: The First Geographer
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December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
As the father of descriptive geography, Strabo of Amasia provides a unique view of the early #RomanEmpire.
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The #ColdWar was declared over #OnThisDay in 1989.
Just two years after victory in the #SecondWorldWar, the divisions between the Soviet Union and the Western powers became unbridgeable.
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Just two years after victory in the #SecondWorldWar, the divisions between the Soviet Union and the Western powers became unbridgeable.
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Europe Freezes Over: The Start of the Cold War
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December 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The #ColdWar was declared over #OnThisDay in 1989.
Just two years after victory in the #SecondWorldWar, the divisions between the Soviet Union and the Western powers became unbridgeable.
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Just two years after victory in the #SecondWorldWar, the divisions between the Soviet Union and the Western powers became unbridgeable.
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The spread of #airconditioning across the US brought an industrial boom in the first half of the 20th century – at a cost to the environment.
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The Rise of Air Conditioning
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December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The spread of #airconditioning across the US brought an industrial boom in the first half of the 20th century – at a cost to the environment.
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The #MonroeDoctrine was laid out #OnThisDay in 1823.
How did a group of British colonies become a self-proclaimed protector of continents within half a century?
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How did a group of British colonies become a self-proclaimed protector of continents within half a century?
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The 50 Years that Made America
Fifty years separate the Boston Tea Party and the Monroe Doctrine. How did a group of British colonies become a self-proclaimed protector of continents within half a century?
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December 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The #MonroeDoctrine was laid out #OnThisDay in 1823.
How did a group of British colonies become a self-proclaimed protector of continents within half a century?
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How did a group of British colonies become a self-proclaimed protector of continents within half a century?
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In this week’s newsletter: how did the #HabsburgEmpire survive?
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December 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
In this week’s newsletter: how did the #HabsburgEmpire survive?
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The spread of air conditioning across the US brought an industrial boom in the first half of the 20th century – at a cost to the environment.
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The Rise of Air Conditioning
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December 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The spread of air conditioning across the US brought an industrial boom in the first half of the 20th century – at a cost to the environment.
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African queens and Anglo-Saxon towns, Indira Gandhi and Irish STEM, Celtic Studies and the caste system: 10 more historians choose their favourite new history books of 2025.
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Books of the Year 2025: Part 2
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December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
African queens and Anglo-Saxon towns, Indira Gandhi and Irish STEM, Celtic Studies and the caste system: 10 more historians choose their favourite new history books of 2025.
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#RosaParks was arrested 70 years ago #OnThisDay
Who were the women who fought the decisive battle against racial #segregation in the American South?
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Who were the women who fought the decisive battle against racial #segregation in the American South?
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#RosaParks was arrested 70 years ago #OnThisDay
Who were the women who fought the decisive battle against racial #segregation in the American South?
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Who were the women who fought the decisive battle against racial #segregation in the American South?
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In #colonial New South Wales, there was no elected parliament. Instead, public dinners were held and toasts were made to demonstrate political support – or dissent
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Drinking to Australian Democracy
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December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In #colonial New South Wales, there was no elected parliament. Instead, public dinners were held and toasts were made to demonstrate political support – or dissent
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In this week’s Miscellanies: how did the Habsburg Empire survive?
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December 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Christianity at the Crossroads: The Global Church from the Print Revolution to the Digital Era by David N. Hempton peers beyond the pulpit and into the congregation.
✍️ Alec Ryrie reviews the recent #history book
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✍️ Alec Ryrie reviews the recent #history book
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‘Christianity at the Crossroads’ by David N. Hempton review
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December 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Christianity at the Crossroads: The Global Church from the Print Revolution to the Digital Era by David N. Hempton peers beyond the pulpit and into the congregation.
✍️ Alec Ryrie reviews the recent #history book
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✍️ Alec Ryrie reviews the recent #history book
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Judenräte were established in occupied Poland #OnThisDay in 1939.
The kapo trials of the early 1960s posed a difficult question: how should Israel judge Jews accused of complicity in the Holocaust?
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The kapo trials of the early 1960s posed a difficult question: how should Israel judge Jews accused of complicity in the Holocaust?
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Judenräte were established in occupied Poland #OnThisDay in 1939.
The kapo trials of the early 1960s posed a difficult question: how should Israel judge Jews accused of complicity in the Holocaust?
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The kapo trials of the early 1960s posed a difficult question: how should Israel judge Jews accused of complicity in the Holocaust?
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Peasants and popes, free speech and fashion, sentimentality and special forces: the first 10 of 20 historians choose their favourite new #history books of 2025.
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Books of the Year 2025: Part 1
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November 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Peasants and popes, free speech and fashion, sentimentality and special forces: the first 10 of 20 historians choose their favourite new #history books of 2025.
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After fleeing from her husband, #HortenseMancini fascinated #17thcentury Europe as a wealthy duchess, a royal mistress, and a scandalous libertine.
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Hortense Mancini’s English Affairs
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November 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
After fleeing from her husband, #HortenseMancini fascinated #17thcentury Europe as a wealthy duchess, a royal mistress, and a scandalous libertine.
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🔒 Annalisa Nicholson’s article from the December issue is now in the archive
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Tear up your Christmas list and start again.
The first part of History Today’s Books of the Year 2025 is here!
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The first part of History Today’s Books of the Year 2025 is here!
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Books of the Year 2025: Part 1
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November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Tear up your Christmas list and start again.
The first part of History Today’s Books of the Year 2025 is here!
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The first part of History Today’s Books of the Year 2025 is here!
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