200 years ago #OnThisDay , Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony premiered in Vienna.

Tim Blanning explains how #Beethoven became the hero and the symbol of an aspiring German nation.

🔓 This Archive article is free to read for the next 7 days

buff.ly/44z2w6d

Exclusive to this week's Miscellanies: the #suffragette slashing of the #NationalGallery ’s Rokeby Venus.

📬 Sign up for our newsletter to have it sent directly to your inbox at buff.ly/3HIT1ql

What are stars made of? When a young astronomer upset the status quo on the formation of the solar system, the establishment told her she was wrong – then stole her findings.

🔓 Patricia Fara’s latest Great Debates is free to read for the next 7 days

buff.ly/3QAZxnZ

200 years ago #OnThisDay , Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony premiered in Vienna.

Tim Blanning explains how #Beethoven became the hero and the symbol of an aspiring German nation.

🔓 This article from 2020 is free to read for the next 7 days

buff.ly/44z2w6d

Exclusive to this week's Miscellanies newsletter: the #suffragette slashing of the Rokeby Venus.

📬 Sign up for our newsletter to have it sent directly to your inbox at buff.ly/3HIT1ql

Britain's first female mayor was elected to office a decade before women could vote. To win a second term she was forced to turn her back on the #suffragettes .

⌛ Last chance to read this History Today Archive article for free

buff.ly/44p7Wk1

Once the slave-trading capital of Britain, the memory of Britain’s empire of enslavement remains visible in #Liverpool ’s public buildings and streets.

🔓 This article from the History Today Archive is free to read for the next 7 days

buff.ly/44qXWa2

Once the #slavetrade capital of Britain, the memory of Britain’s empire of enslavement remains visible in #Liverpool ’s public buildings and streets.

🔓 This article from the History Today Archive is free to read for the next 7 days

buff.ly/44qXWa2

Facebook, X, Instagram and other social media platforms are widely used by #historians . But does anyone benefit?

Back in 2020, we asked four historians for their perspectives.

⌛ This article from the Archive is free to read for the next 7 days

buff.ly/39qdOMq

As the sounds of the world rattled into the future, so, too, did art and music courtesy of Luigi Russolo, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, and #futurism .

⌛ Last chance to read this Archive article for free

buff.ly/4a12VzA

As Revolution broke out and turned to Terror, British citizens living in France found themselves transformed from friends of liberty to an enemy within.

🔒 If you have Archive access, read Simon MacDonald’s feature from the new issue at the link below

buff.ly/3weU5jV

Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms are widely used by #historians . But does anyone benefit?

Back in 2020, we asked four historians for their perspectives.

⌛ This article from the Archive is free to read for the next 7 days

buff.ly/39qdOMq

As the sounds of the world rattled into the future, so, too, did art and music courtesy of Luigi Russolo and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

⌛ Last chance to read this Archive article for free

buff.ly/4a12VzA

In Nottinghamshire a #Tudor election descended into farce, violence and, ultimately, futility.

⌛ Last chance to read this new History Matters for free

buff.ly/4aR5zsM

#OnThisDay in 1979, #MargaretThatcher became prime minister of the United Kingdom.

In this 2019 Archive article, Ben Williams assessed her radical decade in power and its divisive legacy.

🔓 Read it for free for the next 7 days

buff.ly/3y9zf5S