Volume: 1 Issue: 7

Contents of History Today, July 1951

A.J.P. Taylor on one of those surprising outsiders with a touch of mischief – in this case a man whose political career spanned nearly sixty years.

Michael Rix takes an historical and architectural look at England's second city.

Quentin Bell unveils deeper meanings from the ever-evolving history of fashion and fancy dress.

Sheldon van Auken on the great English historian of the Reformation.

Sir Kenneth Clark discovers echoes of both ancient and modern in a true Renaissance man.

Jean Lindsay queries the medieval path of scientific enquiry.

Christopher Sykes delivers a historical backdrop to mid-20th century tension on the Persian Gulf.