Anniversaries

As the world commemorates the centenary of the First World War and the US begins to grudgingly do the same for its entry, it is worth looking at what America thought it was, what it

This week marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution and the Bolsheviks’ seizure of power under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin.  As the date approached, contemporary commentators have offered their own reflections on the significance

With the exception of war, anniversaries are often about beginnings. Last week, it was 500 years since Martin Luther posted (or perhaps didn’t) his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg’s Castle Church. This week,

At death, we enter myth—our lives and work become the subject of stories told by others. Charlotte Brontë was one of the myth-makers. Shortly after her sisters’ deaths in 1848-49, she penned a 'Biographical Notice

People can be very quick to dismiss the idea of bisexuality as a phase, as greedy, or in some way invalid. This biphobia results from a lot of (sometimes purposeful) misunderstanding of bisexuality. But what

This is the first in a series of History Matters blogs by LGBTIQ+ scholars, and about the queer past. As Britain marks the fiftieth anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in July 1967, History