The Timemap of World History

The last blog post I put up was about the the different dynasties of China, after having been asked the question, “what is your favourite dynasty?”. While writing it I began to think of another question, which (you might have thought, given my long-standing...

I recently had a very interesting conversation with a young woman from China. It was clear that she had a keen interest in, and considerable knowledge of, the history of her country. She took me by surprise by asking, “What is your favourite dynasty...

I’ve been reading a fascinating book recently – it’s called The Third Millennium, by Brian Stapleford and David Langford. It’s basically a speculative history of the years 2000 to 3000. What’s really interesting is that it was written in the 1980s; and...

At Church on Sunday, our minister made a point which I hadn’t considered before. And as a historian maybe I should have done. It being the season of Advent, she was talking about the coming of Jesus into the world. And she said that each of the four...