Eleventh-century Córdoba was at the heart of the rich culture of Muslim Andalusia. Among its greatest creative figures was Wallada, princess, patron and poet, and one of the most influential women writers in European…

Tata is one of the world’s wealthiest conglomerates, with an especially strong presence in Britain. Zareer Masani traces its origins among the Parsis of Bombay and charts its fortunes in an independent…

Questioning the powerful Tata dynasty’s claims for a ‘different kind of capitalism’.…

Carl Peter Watts estimates the importance of the different reasons for British withdrawal.…

The Water-Babies was a fairytale that straddled religion and science, railing against logical rationality in the face of nature’s mysteries. …

Anatomical pop-up books, introduced in the 16th century, took anatomy out of the lecture hall and into the home. …

Both history and historical fiction depend on a combination of imagination and rigorous research. The difference is found in the balance of these ingredients. …

Historians often take creative liberties when setting the scene, but at what point does it become misleading?…

The contribution of the witnesses from the Battle of Algiers to the debate on contemporary history.…

On the 60th anniversary of its end, Algerian memory of the War of Independence remains a thorny issue. …