Our writers profile individuals, some of them overlooked, and explore how they shaped the world as we know it.
The explorer Knud Rasmussen helped define Denmark’s Arctic ambitions while documenting Inuit culture at the very moment it was being transformed.
The debate continues over the maverick general’s tactics, strategy and character. Did his unorthodox genius ultimately serve or damage the Allied cause?
The conclusion of Fletcher’s life might conjure the image of an embittered quasi-exile who had heroically fought for the lost cause of Scottish sovereignty. Yet he was also a polit..
The scale and diversity of her oeuvre, which includes portraits, allegorical series and still-lifes, was unmatched by any female painter of her era.
The 20th-century American writer and architect was a passionate advocate for monarchy and medievalism. Echoes of his aristocratic, anti-democratic conservatism are now being revive..
Josephine Tey's early death denied her a rightful place among the pantheon of crime writers.
The first woman to be admitted to The Hague’s artistic society, Rachel Ruysch was a great innovator who illuminated the wonders of the natural world.
In a humane world, Rosalia Zemlyachka, the first woman ever awarded the Order of the Red Banner, would be infamous for her sadism, her methods and the sheer scale of her butchery.
Talented, idealistic and unpredictable, Karin Lannby deployed her unique personality in the service of Swedish intelligence throughout the Second World War.
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