Category: Features
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Plato – A Totalitarian Advocate?
Written by Nikita Nandanwad. Karl Popper’s interpretation of Plato’s Republic as advocating totalitarianism is today considered overly hostile. But this argument was built from textual evidence, so how should we approach the Republic, and how should we understand Popper in his own historical context?
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Liquid Assets
Simone Witney looks at sprinkling of Ancient Greek showers and aqueducts. Just how complex and ‘cool’ were ancient forms of water works?
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Alone We Stand, Together We Squabble: In Praise of the Micronation
Written by Jack McGlone. A self-declared micronation is ‘an “unofficial” state which is often very small in size’. However, there is a rich and storied history of the micronation that stretches back centuries.
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Amazonian Land-Grabbing has a Historical Precedent – It Must have a Modern Solution
Written by Charlie Horlick. Contemporary deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest has precedents in the enclosure movement. We must create modern solutions to this age-old problem.
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The Skye Bridge: A Snapshot
Written by Mhairi Ferrier. On 16 October 1995, the Skye Bridge was officially opened, seeing the island connected to the mainland by road for the first time. However, despite the opportunities it brought to residents, it was not without controversy.
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Diversities in Curatorial Practice
Written by Simone Witney. How do we assign ethical value to the objects we display in museums? Examining our relationship with historical objects and artwork, this article shines a light on the role of the curator, and how curatorial intentions can be misinterpreted.
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From Proposal to Published: Writing Histories of Atlantic Slavery
Retrospect’s Welcome Week interview with Dr. Sowande’ Mustakeem on her 2016 monograph, Slavery at Sea.
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How Pandemics Have Shaped History
Written by Ella Raphael. A look at the history of pandemics in the face of Covid-19.
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