IT is about to undergo another revolution, this time allowing us to interact with it in more natural ways, Steve Ballmer predicted at the opening ceremony of the Cebit trade show in Germany. Ballmer ...

Guest columnist Anna Barker shares her latest historical piece.

When asked to describe what he’s most proud of after 12 years at the helm of the Old Brewery Mission, Matthew Pearce has trouble naming just one thing. And for good reason. Under his watch, the ...

The Bastille looms large in the revolutionary imagination. When Paris crowds seized the French king’s fortress in July 1789, they unwittingly created a model for every subsequent upheaval. From the ...

Some periods in our history are so transformative that they create a clear divide between the world before and after. We attribute the 18th and 19th centuries to such a period. Named the Industrial ...