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Addicted to love, beauty or sex?

On Valentine's Day it is appropriate to consider whether humans...

The celestial geometry of John Flamsteed: Mapping the heavens from 17th century Greenwich

During his 46 years as Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed elevated...

At war with the French: the Hundred Years

At the outset, the English Crown ruled over tracts of...

Aggression: the biology of war and peace

Aggression lies at the heart of biological competition but its...

In the beginning: the Roman, the Viking and the Norman Conquests

As an island people, the inhabitants of Britain were repeatedly...

Diet and obesity: manna from the Gods or the food of destruction?

Obesity has shifted from being a rare symbol of decadence...

Two thousand years of London Bridge

The fascinating story of all the bridges that have been...

Presenting Unwanted Histories: The project to establish the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum

Coffee Shop Society in 17th century London

Coffee shops were the intellectual hub of Stuart and Hanoverian...

Disease and Death in Late Stuart London

A specialist in British and European History, Maureen Waller's books...