Over 1.8 million people died on trans-Atlantic slave ships, including on hundreds that sank. Tara Roberts reports on the divers excavating the wrecks of a terrible trade
After the destruction of the Dorman Long Tower, George Walker calls for a democratic approach to commemorating Teesside’s industrial heritage
Terry Eagleton draws a modern lesson from ancient monsters
From cowardly men to wayward wives, pre-modern superstitions transmitted social norms as well as scares, writes Eleanor Janega
Tina Ngata explains the social and legal legacies of a 15th-century Christian principle that paved the way for imperial violence in, and far beyond, New Zealand
The Marxists Internet Archive, an online home for radical history, has a fascinating history of its own, writes Jack Archie Stewart
Jay V Haigler is a Diving With a Purpose (DWP) scientific diver and master instructor. Here he explains the power of educating through storytelling