Sir Ernest Shackleton when he was about to set out on one of his expeditions, printed a statement in the papers, to this effect: “Men wanted...

 “The things that are now before us,” said the Princess, “require attention, and deserve it. What have I to do with the heroes or the monume...

How many “kulaks” died in the course of “de-kulakization”? On 1 January 1932, the GPU carried out a general census of all deportees: it list...

But the greatest lesson was one learned from the enemy: to hate. Word of the Malmédy Massacre, of the massacres of civilians at Stavelot, Tr...

A number of historians have rightly emphasised the point that the February revolution in 1917 did not provoke a counter-revolution. The over...

As soon as Winston had dealt with each of the messages, he clipped his speakwritten corrections to the appropriate copy of the Times and pu...

You might expect policymakers to be scrambling to shore up academic standards. In fact, they are doing the opposite. The Economist March 18,...