How the British government tried to regulate and nationalise the telegraph and telephone, and the results of their efforts
November 22
‘Oriental’ goods imported into Russia during the 17th and 18th centuries: the early history of parallel imports
November 07
How the small Bell Telephone Company battled both patent trolls and the giant Western Union corporation over patent priority
October 16
How the telephone gained subscribers
October 05
The challenging life of late 19th-century start-ups, or an MVP for the Queen
September 04
What the telephone owes to Emperor Pedro II of Brazil
August 29
What Soviet-era children's magazines can tell us about life at the time
January 28, 2022
How the stable and somewhat more prosperous late Soviet years turned out to be a time of illness and shorter lifespans
January 14, 2022
Soviet time management — from accelerating time during the GOELRO era to slowing it down during stagnation
October 19, 2021
The long-standing mystery was solved using evidence from Austrian diplomats
August 30, 2021
The USSR State Budget during World War II
September 06, 2020
Who Kissed Each Other and Why in Byzantium
September 04, 2020