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A new form of antiquarianism? Celebrating experience at the expense of analysis? Seven leading historians seek to define social history.

Frank McDonough looks at the old question of whether history is made by great individuals or impersonal forces.

The climate crisis is a hot topic, but what does it mean to study the history of our relationship with the natural world?

From Garotters to Peaky Blinders: is youth ‘not what it used to be’?