During his controversial presidency George W. Bush has faced a variety of issues that could be addressed from an ethical standpoint, from the environmental concerns of the Kyoto protocol to the...
This week, Alison Elliot makes history as the first female in a key Church of Scotland post. Olga Wojtas asked her about breaking the stained-glass ceiling. When Alison Elliot was a schoolgirl in the...
Joachim Fest was forced to fight by Hitler, and he has been forced to return to the Führer time and again as a historian. Doron Arazi meets a giant of German journalism. On May 8 1945 it was all over...
What wins wars? Jeremy Black finds superior arsenal is just one factor in determining which side is victorious Historians used to emphasise the material aspects of war - specifically the quality and...
The Adventure of English 500AD to 2000
Two Sides of the Moon
Almost Heaven
A Brief History of the Human Race
Makers of Modern Indian Religion in the Late Nineteenth Century - Seeking Bauls of Bengal - The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism - Indian Religions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a history book by a novelist close to Dickens and Disraeli: "To vindicate the memory of the Athenian...
The Authentic Gospel of Jesus - Lost Christianities
The Varieties of Religious Experience
U2: The Best of Propaganda
The Harvard Dictionary of Music