Ideas, people and events that shaped cities, nations and civilisations
How a shy, mediocre schoolboy went on to shake the British Empire and inspire the world
The life and work of Ukraine's national bard
Assessing the complex legacy of a man who campaigned for a United States of Africa
The speech that committed the USA to a 40-year struggle with the Soviet Union
A brilliant American journalist determined to live her life to the full
The radical ideas of the 18th-century legal reformer Jeremy Bentham
Safeguarding peace and wilderness with the Antarctic Treaty
One of the earliest Cold War conflicts in Asia
Charting the history of counting and classifying people the world over
The life of perhaps the greatest social reformer in 20th-century India
An influential 20th-century thinker who identified what motivates us
The life and work of the father of modern education
Investigating how a thriving African American community was razed to the ground
Choosing dead heroes from the battlefield, to fight with Odin in the apocalyptic Ragnarok
A black slave wrote 700 animal tales in Ancient Greece. Why are they still best sellers?
How colour affects our mood and thoughts
Exploring how an Ancient Greek school of thought has resonated through the ages
The life and work of a pioneering social scientist and historiographer
How the events of the Russian civil war led to Lenin’s communist dictatorship
The metaphysical and philosophical manual for Hindus and non-Hindus alike
Untangling the web of contradictions of the spiritual guide to the Romanov dynasty
1919 and the creation of independent Afghanistan
The birth of the secular republic of Turkey from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire
How British and US intelligence agencies helped oust Iran’s leader Mohammad Mossadeq
