The Second World War will always hold a legendary place in Britain’s history, and indeed the history of the world. Few campaigns within either of the world wars are as well-known and remembered as the Battle of Britain. Immortalised in...
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For a subject that covers the entirety of human existence, it’s unsurprising that history can be home to the odd half-truth. And that’s where The Big Book Of History Answers comes in – busting myths and fixing fallacies from across the...
It was famously said that at the height of its power the British Empire was so vast that the Sun never set on it. To be more precise, an astonishing 33.7 million square kilometres – almost a quarter of the planet’s land area – were touched by...
Since ancient times, scientists and philosophers have attempted to discover, classify and synthesise the Earth’s elements. Now, thanks to the hard work of many dedicated individuals, we have the periodic table: an arrangement of elements organised...
There is no doubt that the First World War shaped the world in which we live today. There are those who believe the First World War should never have happened, those who feel it was absolutely necessary and those by whom it is quietly remembered....
The human body is truly an amazing thing. Capable of awe-inspiring feats of speed and agility, while being mind-blowing in complexity, our bodies are unmatched by any other species on Earth. In this new edition of the Book of the Human Body, we...
Discover how modern neuroscience is unravelling the body's most complex...
Just like the Tudors who preceded them, the Stuarts reigned (over a united kingdom, at least) for little more than a century. But, as with the Tudors, their years of rule coincided with some of the most dramatic events in British history, incidents...
Volume XCI, №8.
New York: Condé Nast. — ISSN 0028-792X.
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry published by Conde Nast. Starting as a...