Browsing: History

“Lord Cromer was a successful consul-general of Egypt. To what extent do you agree?” I read this essay prompt in my A-level history class, wondering what…

On the night of 27 July 2023, Kimberly Milne jumped to her death from a road bridge.Her suicide came after months of mental health crises, compounded…

Something significant is happening in higher education. Whether it represents a genuine inflection point or another chapter in a longer story of technology and learning is…

Oil markets are facing the “largest supply disruption in history” as the war in Iran continues to block tankers from shipping millions of barrels of crude…

Closing postTime to recapOil prices have jumped again after a statement from Iran’s new leader said the crucial Strait of Hormuz should remain closed.Brent crude has…

Katharine Burr Blodgett’s relatives lead the Lost Women of Science production team to a collection of papers and artifacts stored in a New England storage unit,…

Nature, Published online: 24 February 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00298-1A reader calls for museum curators to look for historic scientific apparatus, and a landmark treaty aims to protect the…

Blank spaces now exist where a series of panels about enslavement once appeared on the walls of the President’s House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The site, which…

The Rest is History podcast started playing from the phone of one of the justices during a hearing at the UK supreme court last week. The…

As the highest court in the UK, the supreme court is usually the forum for proceedings of the utmost gravity. But last week, one hearing was…