Lost History
Investigations into physical locations and specific records that have somehow slipped entirely out of the accepted historical account. We track down missing files and piece together broken paper trails. The aim is to document what survived the erasure while identifying exactly why the gap in the archive remains unresolved.
The Akhmim Codex – A Century of Missing Records
The Akhmim Codex is the primary witness to the Gospel of Peter. Yet its 1886 extraction lacks field logs, and modern palaeography reveals a sprawling chronological gap in its history.
The Expert Trap – How Algorithms and Institutions Suppress Nuance
Algorithms bury cautious words to reward positive messaging, and institutions negotiate away probabilities to reach consensus. We investigate how digital pipelines and bureaucratic rules actively wipe out room for expert hesitation.
The Churchill Warmonger Myth – The May 1940 Cabinet Crisis Re-examined
The narrative that Winston Churchill prolonged the Second World War by rejecting a genuine peace offer from Adolf Hitler in May 1940 has gained recent traction. A review of the War Cabinet minutes and Hitler's diplomatic record reveals a timeline of broken treaties, not a missed opportunity for peace.