History

JLo’s inauguration performance of This Land Is Your Land was meant to promote ‘unity’, but is it a ‘settler anthem’?

A filmmaker goes on trip to explore her Spanish heritage and learn about Moriscos, Christian Spaniards of Muslim origin.

No matter their shortcomings, former presidents have a way of still exerting influence. Will the same...

Ancient Egyptians built a state that survived for millennia. What was behind this success and what...

Abdelkarim’s storefront on one of Baghdad’s most historic streets stocked with thousands of wristwatches.

Ten years ago, a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire. His cousin reflects on that day and what followed.

Fragment of cedar wood, missing for 70 years, was found at the University of Aberdeen by an Egyptian assistant curator.

But history shows us we cannot rely on our leaders to pursue them; it is up to us.

For generations, family-run farms in South India have grown and produced the natural dye that was once colonial capital.

Charges of criminal damage brought over toppling of statue of 17th-century British slave trader Edward Colston.

Stories of four songs that reflect the Palestinian diaspora’s heritage and desire to return to a homeland left in 1948.

The 79-year-old activist, Sam Sagay, looks back on a life of Black Power in Britain and Nigeria.

Simmering tensions between China and Australia come to a boil over a provocative tweet.

The story of the decline of the French empire and the indelible mark colonialism left on countries that were colonised.