Volume: 50 Issue: 5

Flashman author George MacDonald Fraser explains how ‘history disguised as fiction’ has been his inspiration and is also his aim.

Michael Kustow gives his impressions of the David Irving libel trial against Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books, which raises important questions of the nature of...

Daniel Snowman talks to Britain’s most distinguished military historian and the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph.

Denis Stevens describes a unique system of social support in 18th-century Venice that brought great economic, social and cultural benefits.

Peter Furtado peruses the refurbished National Portrait Gallery, unveiled on May 4th, to cope with 21st century visitors.

Emma Mason argues that rising population brought a surprising degree of movement, politically, geographically and socially.

Ludmilla Jordanova insists on the importance of history beyond the groves of academia, and considers some of the challenges that historians face in this field.

Matthew Hilton examines the mystique surrounding tobacco which continues to confound the anti-smoking lobby.

Peter Monteath discusses the origins and fate of a huge Nazi holiday camp planned to invigorate the German workforce by means of ‘Strength through Joy’.

Richard Cavendish describes the execution of James Graham, Marquess of Montrose, on May 21st, 1650.

Nick Cull explores how the smash-hit horror film exploited all the issues that most worried Americans in the early 1970s.

William D. Rubinstein reviews the achievements of the Ripperologists and considers the arguments surrounding the so-called Ripper Diaries.