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EI Portraits — Vanessa Harding on Nehemiah Wallington, Puritan chronicler who had far less fun than Pepys
Vanessa Harding on the God-fearing diarist Nehemiah Wallington whose personality was far removed from the cosmopolitanism of Samuel Pepys, his fast-…
1 year, 11 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Adrian Wooldridge on meritocracy
The biggest division in modern society is between the meritocracy and the people, the cognitive elite and the masses, the exam-passers and the exam-f…
1 year, 11 months ago
EI Talks... the Entente Cordiale with T.G. Otte
Self-interest, imperial competition and new threats in Europe - T.G. Otte examines the complex 120-year long history of the Entente Cordiale with EI'…
1 year, 11 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Mariano Sigman on how language has shaped human consciousness
How did our ancestors think? Read by Leighton Pugh.
Image: A play is performed in an ancient Greek theatre. Credit: Classic Image / Alamy Stock Photo
1 year, 11 months ago
EI Portraits — Peter Frankopan on Anna Komnene, the princess who chronicled Byzantium’s changing fortunes
Peter Frankopan on the Byzantine princess Anna Komnene who, banished to a convent for her political ambition, devoted her gifts of observation to ch…
1 year, 11 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Nathan Shachar on ideology in science
There is no linear, moral progress in knowledge and science. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Image: Triple-microscope made by the optician Camille Sebastien Na…
1 year, 11 months ago
EI Talks... terrorism with Suzanne Raine
EI's Deputy Editor Alastair Benn speaks to Suzanne Raine, visiting professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, about the evo…
1 year, 11 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Gregory Feifer on the mirage of Russian power
The mistake many Western countries make is to take Russia largely at face value. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Image: Nesting Russian dolls showing former le…
2 years ago
EI Portraits — Gillian Clark on the many ways of seeing Saint Monica
Gillian Clark on Saint Monica, mother to Augustine of Hippo and lionized by the Latin Church, a women of many names and many more mysteries. Read by…
2 years ago
EI Weekly Listen — Peter Heather on empire and development in first millennium Europe
The story of first millennium Europe is one of remarkable economic change and demographic upheaval; a precocious analogue to the modern era of global…
2 years ago