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The Shape of Things That Came
Professor Sean Street uses audio archives to explore the future history novel by HG Wells.
1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd
Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions
A Brief History of Lust
American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.
A Brief History of Failure
Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.
Ovid in Changing Times
Tom Holland explores Ovid's approach to change.
How Marx Made the Right
Tim Stanley argues that the Right's debt to Marx is nearly as great as the Left's.
The Politician and the Judge
Geoffrey Robertson QC on the changing relationship between the courts and the government.
Asa Briggs: The Last Victorian Improver
Tristram Hunt tracks the life's work of the historian and university founder Asa Briggs.
The Bathrooms Are Coming: An Internal History of Corporate Comms
In-house journals and industrial musicals, how firms have communicated to their workers.
Instant History
University of Hertfordshire students create an oral history archive - in a weekend.
