Thursday Apr 12th, 2012
Women and children first? The enduring myths of the Titanic
It is often said of military wars that the first casualty is truth. As we approach the centenary of the sinking of RMS Titanic and the war of ideas that often surrounds this tragedy, it is to be hoped that the truth will at least take a few prisoners. Titanic myths have had extraordinary longevity and, as Cox put it, ‘virtually everything that people know, or think they know … can be traced to the press coverage of April-August 1912’. In the… read more »
Wednesday May 16th, 2012
How did Rome last so long?
Why each age finds new questions to ask about the Roman Empire.
