250 years ago, over one-fifth of Londoners had been treated for syphilis by their 35th birthday, historians have calculated.
A new exhibition celebrates the City of London's 18th-century female entrepreneurs
How 18th and 19th century London supported its unmarried mothers and illegitimate children – essentially establishing an earlier version of today’s...
The unlikely coincidence of a local hospital record and a census led by a pioneering physician has enabled the first study charting rates of venereal...
A chance discovery in the British Library has led to the discovery and reproduction of the earliest-known children’s adaptation of one of Japan’s...
Water joins as well as divides – and maritime communities often defy the borders imposed by the state. In the first book of its kind, Dr Renaud...
Dr John Leigh has written the first book exclusively devoted to the duel in literature. In Touché, he offers a compelling picture of the ways in...
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, D is for...
Dr Michael Hrebeniak describes himself as inveterately curious about people and places. His fascination for a messy patch of Cambridge, best known...
Bonfire night marks a plot in 1605 to burn down the Houses of Parliament. It’s also a reminder of the ferocious divides that existed between...
Almost four centuries ago, ancestors of the Kalmyk people trekked across central Asia to form a Buddhist nation on the edge of Europe. Today Kalmyk...
What links legendarily sharp Damascene swords of the past with flexible electronics and high-performance electrical wiring of the future? They all...
!["The Code Of Honor—A Duel In The Bois De Boulogne, Near Paris", wood engraving by Godefroy Durand](https://www.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/content-580x288/public/news/research/features/150713-duelling-durand1874.jpg?itok=RXziwOKW ""The Code Of Honor—A Duel In The Bois De Boulogne, Near Paris", wood engraving by Godefroy Durand, Credit: G. Durand - Harper's Weekly")
