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23/08/2026

A little over a week until Issue 25, 'Hidden Histories', is released!

In preparation, we've delved into the archive to find past articles shedding light on under-researched people, groups, and topics.

In Issue 01, Sophie Merrix mapped the Black Tudors of Early Modern England.

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Racial violence, inequality and prejudice are just some of the issues brought to the fore by movements such as Black Lives Matter. Beneath t

19/08/2026

Did British imperial strategists plan an 'Artic Empire' in the aftermath of the Great War?

In Issue 18, Ben Markham investigated why these plans were put on ice.

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The latter stages of the First World War and its immediate aftermath saw the focus of some policy-makers shift to the question of changing

16/08/2026

Powerless servants or key figures in imperial courts? What role did eu**chs play in the maintenence of empire?

In Issue 24, Alessia Carta revealed a fascinating history.

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Castrated or celebrated? Few identities challenge our assumptions about power and the body as much as that of the Byzantine eu**ch.

12/08/2026

How can period dramas reshape how we engage with and understand the past?

Back in Issue 13, Amy Neal studied the cultural impact of the BBC's much-loved series 'Call the Midwife'.

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Call the Midwife, BBC’s Sunday night guilty pleasure, has a secret radicalism at its core.

09/08/2026

Who is really in control? Is it humans, or the systems we have created?

In Issue 24, Oscar Tyler analysed Nick Land's theories on the history of capitalism.

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What if capitalism is not simply a system human beings created, but a process that increasingly treats human beings as instruments of its own expansion? That unsettling possibility lies near the centre of Nick Land’s account of modernity.

05/08/2026

The First World War broke out 112 years ago this week, the start of four long years of conflict which cost millions of lives and reshaped the world.

Often overlooked, over one million Indian troops served overseas and formed a vital part of the Allied war effort. In Issue 03, Nitya Gundu detailed some of their experiences.

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As the autumn chill set in, in 1914, the Lahore division of the British Indian Army moved into Flanders. They had sailed from Bombay in Augu

02/08/2026

How were British identities reconstructed through satirical media in the post-war world?

In Issue 24, James Jones analysed how 'Private Eye' magazine mocked the establishment during the 1960s.

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On August 7, 1964, Private Eye, an emerging satirical cartoon magazine published this cover. Drawn by Gerald Scarfe, ex-Punch cartoonist, it unintentionally marked the end of an era in caricature.

29/07/2026

Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' has brought Homer's epic poem into the spotlight once again, but how did these texts shape identity amongst Ancient Greeks?

In Issue 10, Zeren Ataçocuğu explored the role of mythical figures in Naxian identity.

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Myth and identity in the ancient world were often intimately connected; the stories communities shared could reflect their ideas of self...

26/07/2026

How did key abolitionist figures negotiate the dichotomy between condemning slavery whilst aligning with violently racist attitudes?

In Issue 24, Dr Isabel Gilbert explored Aphra Behn's writing and the commodification of Black bodies.

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During the era of the transatlantic trade in enslaved peoples, abolitionist writers and activists condemned the cruelty of the barbaric practice of slavery.

22/07/2026

Who are Ladins? How has the Ladin community formed a sense of identity as a minority group overlooked in national histories of Alpine nations?

Back in Issue 10, Elena Russo explored how the wave of European revolutions in 1848 catalysed the establishment of seperate Ladin identities.

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My dear Mary Hitthaler! One like you is not easy to find. I can talk with you German-Ladin ...

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