Society

‘Astonished and somewhat terrified’ – Victorians’ reactions to the phonograph

36 minutes

The end of neoliberalism?

The case of Mexico shows that, despite a proliferating discourse that it is over, neoliberalism is as relentless as ever

Inés Escobar González

Prosperity versus liberation

How Pentecostalism’s prosperity gospel replaced Catholic liberation theology in Latin American life

Elle Hardy

Are zoos and natural history museums born of a desire to understand, or to control?

57 minutes

What’s an ancient Greek brick doing in a Sumerian city? An archeological investigation

16 minutes

There are no pure cultures

All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history

Inanna Hamati-Ataya

From Afghanistan to Virginia – the Muslims who fought in the American Civil War

22 minutes

Why history is always political

In his work on republicanism as a living idea, J G A Pocock showed that contesting history is part of a robust civic life

Rosario López

Visit the small Texas community that lives in the shadow of SpaceX launches

14 minutes

What’s in the rule of law?

The British Empire used a great democratic ideal to manufacture racial difference and rationalise colonial domination

Kanika Sharma

A frontline soldier’s moving account of the fabled ‘Christmas truce’ of 1914

12 minutes

A valiant experiment

The progressive and remarkably innovative Woodmead School briefly flourished amid the viciousness of apartheid South Africa

David Dyzenhaus

Replicating Shakespearean-era printing brings its own dramas and comedy

19 minutes

A linkless internet

In creating anonymous summaries, AI flattens out all the fascinating architecture of thought that makes the internet hum

Collin Jennings

The wild tale of a young animal keeper, an angry tiger and a torn circle net

10 minutes