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In medieval Europe, the pope was the ultimate authority; head of the Catholic Church, the successor of Saint Peter, and the supreme spiritual figure in a society where religion moulded every aspect of life. The Church influenced law, education, kingship and the rhythms of daily existence. From his seat in…

1. The Bottle Conjurer doesn’t materialise

An elusive trickster exposes Britain’s ignorance

We tend to think of the Enlightenment as the threshold of the modern world. Yet in the 18th century – worryingly, much as today – the boundary between truth and falsehood was far from clear. And liars and…

This past week, a giant gold statue of Donald Trump was unveiled at the billionaire’s golf club. Evangelical and Jewish religious leaders were on hand to offer prayers.

The symbolism of the criminal from Mar-a-Lago being set up as a Golden Idol should have been obvious to anyone who has…

How did a tiny band of guerrillas come to rule a quarter of humanity? And was the outcome of the Chinese Civil War really the ‘heroic’ popular uprising that the People’s Republic portrays? In this episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, Danny Bird speaks to Frank Dikötter about the surprising reality…

For our small team, May 12th is special: it’s the anniversary of the first Elbows Up Resistance Town Hall in Picton, Ontario.

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From thrall to king; from pagan to Christian: Olaf Tryggvason was one of the titanic figures of the Viking Age, whose story straddles the line between fantasy and fiction.

Speaking to James Osborne about his life for this episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, Don Hollway steps back into the 10th…

In the 80 years since Nazi leaders stood in the dock, how has the international community sought to deal with war criminals around the globe? For this concluding episode of our four-part series on the Nuremberg Trials, David Musgrove is joined by the lawyer and author Philippe Sands to chart…

Writing

Spreading the word – and nationalism

Were it not for the invention of writing, I would be offering this answer via megaphone. Writing is nowhere near as old as humanity’s 300,000-year history, but it is old: the first writing system emerged in Mesopotamia around 3200 BC. Separate systems developed…

The response to our Meidas Canada Network interview with long-time resistance organizer and former Member of Parliament, Libby Davies was tremendous.

Since airing the episode, we’ve been responding to requests from people across Canada, the U.S., and Europe for her planning documents.

You can get your copies of Organizing for…