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The genius myth (by Laurie Taylor, July/August 2008 ): Lisa Jardine tells Laurie Taylor why she believes in doubt, precision and uncertainty
Writing on the wall (by Daniel Miller, May/June 2008 ): Henri Lefebvre, the theoretician of the Paris uprising of 1968, saw that society’s most profound truths were etched on everyday life, discovers Daniel Miller
The Roads to Modernity: the British, French and American Enlightenments by Gertrude Himmelfarb (by Stephen Howe, May/June 2008 ): Stephen Howe asks why Gordon Brown is endorsing Neocon history
A Tsar is born (by Sally Feldman, March/April 2008 ): As a new theatrical tribute to Catherine the Great opens in Russia, Sally Feldman wonders what Putin’s people will make of the Empress of the Enlightenment
The closing of the Christian mind (by Charles Freeman, January/February 2008 ): In the late fourth century political expediency led a ruthless Roman emperor to shut down debate within the Christian church. Charles Freeman explains
From Anger to Apathy: The British Experience Since 1975 by Mark Garnett (by Stephen Howe, September/October 2007 ): Stephen Howe is bored with apathy
Springtime for Hitler (by Roger Griffin, July/August 2007 ): The hidden art of the Third Reich, argues Roger Griffin, betrays uncomfortable links with more radical modernism
The Condor's Head by Ferdinand Mount (by Philip Womack, July/August 2007 ): Philip Womack enjoys a meeting of old and new worlds
Be tolerant or else (by Eliane Glaser, May/June 2007 ): Eliane Glaser challenges a core British value
Napoleon in Egypt by Paul Strathern (by Michael Binyon, May/June 2007 ): In 1789 Napoleon set off to conquer the East. We're still living with the fallout, says Michael Binyon
Piss, shit and blood (by Martin Rowson, January/February 2007 ): In laying bare the entrails of 18th-century society, claims Martin Rowson, Hogarth was the first modern journalist
Ghost Hunters by Deborah Blum (by Michael Binyon, January/February 2007 ): Michael Binyon visits the Victorian spritualists with Deborah Blum
Auschwitz Report by Primo Levi with Leonardo de Benedetti (by Stan Cohen, November/December 2006 ): Stan Cohen on Primo Levi's report from the death camps
Non-Violence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky (by AC Grayling, November/December 2006 ): AC Grayling explores the history of non-violence
Down to Earth (by Brian Morris, September/October 2006 ): Murray Bookchin, who died this summer, was the last of the great social ecologists. His ideas are more relevant than ever, says Brian Morris
The Last Revolution: 1688 and the Creation of the Modern World by Patrick Dillon (by Michael Binyon, September/October 2006 ): The Glorious Revolution was neither, says Michael Binyon
Capital stuff (by Toby Saul, July/August 2006 ): Francis Wheen brings the same panache to his new book that he brought to his excellent biography of Mar, says Toby Saul
Fairy story (by Martina Evans, July/August 2006 ): Martina Evans reviews a new book about Bridget Cleary who was burned as a witch just over a century ago
Sons of Ulster (by Newton Emerson, January/February 2006 ): Newton Emerson on a new history of Ulster
Searching for secular Islam (by Ziauddin Sardar, September/October 2004 ): Ziauddin Sardar proposes new ways to separate religion and politics in the Muslim world
Imperial Catastrophe (by Michael Mann, January/February 2004 ): Michael Mann, the leading historian of power, forecast the failure of the American adventure in Iraq. So what should happen next?
Austere Communist (by Jonathan Rée, Winter 2002 ): Eric Hobsbawm's life, review by Jonathan Rée
History and the Enterprise of Knowledge (by Amartya Sen, Summer 2001 ): Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on the battleground of history
Darwin's treasure trove (by Paul Sims, Web Exclusive, April 2008): As the great man’s private papers are made available for free online, project director John van Wyhe tells Paul Sims what’s in store for Darwin aficionados