Egyptian workers, glass-plate negatives and numbered objects reveal the long operation behind Tutankhamun’s discovery. Carter’s journal and Harry Burton’s photographs recover a story larger than the famous first glimpse of gold…
A child’s murder in an English country house became a national obsession in 1860. A missing nightdress, a Scotland Yard detective and a confession five years later shaped the case. Dickens’s surviving letter and a…
On 14 October 2026, the first Winnie-the-Pooh book turns one hundred. A child's toys, a Canadian soldier's bear and a Sussex landscape helped create it. Returning to those beginnings reveals the partnership of Milne and…
Route 66 reaches its centenary in 2026. Behind its familiar signs lie migration, small businesses and unequal access to travel. The Threatt Filling Station and current preservation projects reveal whose work and experiences a…
A note asking for help, conflicting memories and an old medical term surround Poe's final days. The documents establish a short chronology, but do not settle his cause of death. On the anniversary, a closer…
Medicine and Physics have announced their 2026 laureates; four awards remain. A guide to Alfred Nobel's legacy, the institutions that choose the winners, the later economics prize and why Peace belongs to Oslo, with the…
A new investigation pointed to Adam Back in 2026, while a documentary proposed two different creators. Neither has supplied a conclusive public identification. The documents establish how Bitcoin emerged and how its founder…
The struggle over Argentina's future involved constitutions, provincial autonomy and the revenues of Buenos Aires. Juan Manuel de Rosas built a powerful federal alliance, then lost to another federal leader, Justo José de…
Her journey to Peru became literature, and her experience of exclusion helped shape a programme of emancipation. Flora Tristan advocated a shared organisation for working men and women before the Communist Manifesto. She was also…
