New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which defines the city as we know it today from the Empire State Building to the Pastrami sandwich- only came into being in the 1930s, in what author Jules Stewart argues was the most significant decade in the city s 400-year history in his new book, Gotham Rising: New York in the 1930s.
After the roaring twenties, the catastrophic Wall Street Crash and the ensuing Depression seemed to spell disaster for the vibrant city. Instead, Stewart details how New York...
New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which defines the city as we know it...
Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a string of such wars dating back more than 170 years.
Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a...
In 1915, at the height of World War I, the Central Powers sent a secret mission, led by Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer and Werner Otto von Hentig, to the court of the emir of Afghanistan, Habibullah Khan.
In 1915, at the height of World War I, the Central Powers sent a secret mission, led by Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer and Werner Otto von Hentig, to th...
