Award-winning UK teacher aims to show adults their historical blind spots
Shalina Patel’s book highlights stories traditionally left out of the textbooks, particular those of women and people of colour
Readers reply: who has been treated most unfairly by history?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Who has been treated most unfairly by history?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
James Sharpe obituary
Lecturer and social historian whose books on witchcraft transformed the study of the subject
Barbara Megson obituary
Other lives: Historian and author who liked to research everyday lives and unsung organisations
Roy Bridge obituary
Other lives: Leeds University historian who was an authority on the late Habsburg empire
The Guardian view on celebrating working-class memory: a way of looking to the future
Editorial: Historic England’s Everyday Heritage programme can help foster a sense of local pride and empowerment
The conflict between history and memory lies at the heart of today’s cultural divides
In his willingness to provoke unorthodox thinking, Arno Mayer, who died this month, was one of our most vital historians
Reams of secret poetry by pioneering British scientist finally come to light
Sir Humphry Davy’s unpublished verse – including one published below for the first time – was found in notebooks alongside details of his groundbreaking experiments
‘She took control of the ship with a pistol’: the high seas heroine who inspired a savage pirate tale
Katherine Howe’s bloody, brutal new novel is about a Boston barmaid who dresses up as a cabin boy and joins a notorious crew of pirates. The writer and keen sailor explains how it was inspired by her great-aunt, who once quelled a mutiny at sea
A smoking quill? Notes in Bible margin could be handwriting of the Venerable Bede
Annotations in eighth-century manuscript point to work of revered English monk, scholar and saint
Professor Hakim Adi shortlisted for prestigious Wolfson award
The nomination for Adi,the first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history in the UK, is a vindication for the academic who was made redundant a week ago
Which person has had the greatest impact on the course of the 21st century so far?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Crumbs and cat poo: Renaissance women’s ‘astonishing’ beauty tips revealed
The era is known for the white mask of makeup worn by Queen Elizabeth I, but academics reveal that cosmetic recipes then were more sophisticated than previously thought
‘Heart-stopping’: censored pages of history of Elizabeth I reappear after 400 years
British Library uses new technique to uncover passages of Camden’s Annals, the first official account of Elizabeth’s reign