If the release of a new period drama isn’t accompanied by a debate about its historical accuracy, is it even a period drama? The bones of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite are entirely factual – Queen Anne really did have a female ‘favourite’, Sarah Churchill, Lady Marlborough, until Sarah (shown below, with … Continue Reading
Features
Did time run slower in the old days? My year living by almanack time
Forget all those lists of predictions for 2019. What you need is an almanack full of useful information, whether it's when there will be full … Continue Reading
Review: Les Miserables
Everything about Les Miserables is built on an epic scale. At around 1500 pages, depending on which edition is making your bookshelf sag, Victor … Continue Reading
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War at the British Library has been hailed as "a once-in-a-generation exhibition". Edoardo Albert finds that, in … Continue Reading
Nineteen Above Discovery
We're delighted to publish the winner of the 2018 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Prize. Nineteen Above Discovery by Jennifer Falkner is a … Continue Reading
Interviews
Historia interviews: Diarmaid MacCulloch
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of the new biography Thomas Cromwell: A Life, is speaking at the Yorkshire Museum, York, on Friday, 14 December 2018. Tickets are £12 and available on their website. The event … Continue Reading
Historia interviews: Leanda de Lisle
White King, Leanda de Lisle's biography of Charles I, won the 2018 Historical Writers' Association Non-fiction Crown at an awards ceremony earlier this month. Historia talks to the author of this "quietly … Continue Reading
Reviews
Review: Les Miserables
Everything about Les Miserables is built on an epic scale. At around 1500 pages, depending on which edition is making your bookshelf sag, Victor Hugo’s novel (published in 1862) is not only physically enormous, but … Continue Reading
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War at the British Library has been hailed as "a once-in-a-generation exhibition". Edoardo Albert finds that, in this giant treasure-hoard, the brightest jewels are often in the … Continue Reading