social history

A new study examines the words and behaviour of older people who went on to take their own lives in 18th-century England.

Treasures from the world’s largest and most important collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts – chronicling 1,000 years of history in Old Cairo –...

The violence of everyday life in 19th-century Europe – including murder most foul, handsome bandits, wicked women and huge crowds at executions – is...

After years of being overlooked as a film genre, amateur cinema is finally being recognised by academics as a form that merits serious study in its...

How student bingeing gave birth to modern British booze culture.

As the much-lauded Downton Abbey returns to our screens this Sunday, social historian Dr Lucy Delap sets the gripping fictional drama of the English...

From the fictional Downton Abbey to the modest suburban semi, domestic service has had a prominent role in the story, whether real or imagined, of...