History

History as Magical Unrealism:A review of ‘The Indian Caliphate’

Author: Mat Brown Imran Mulla’s The Indian Caliphate: Exiled Ottomans and the Billionaire Prince is a debut publication, telling the tale of the last Caliph of the Ottoman Empire, and a plan to transfer the seat of the Caliphate from Constantinople to Hyderabad. The book presents itself as an ‘untold history’, a patchwork of ravishing…

The Names of Christmas

Think Christmas is over? Think again! In mediaeval times, decorations were left up until Candlemas on the 2nd of February. Here, Liam Hall explains the names behind this extraordinary festival, which explains why our editor hasn’t taken his tree down yet.

‘Cold War Legacies’: An Explication

Casey Morris reviews ‘Cold War Legacies: Systems, Theory, Aesthetics’ a book about the continuing and pervasive world of the past century which lingers in our day-to-day lives.

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