Volume: 52 Issue: 5
Contents of History Today, May 2002 |
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Andrew Roberts reintroduces us to Churchill’s long-delayed epic work, which was written with the assistance of a former editor of History Today. |
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Introducing The 19th Century Short Title Catalogue, a recently completed project by Avero Publications. |
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Thomas Doherty examines a series of conflicts between left-wing artists and movie moguls at the time of Sergei Eisenstein's brief sojourn in Tinseltown in the... |
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Ruth Ive describes how, as a young woman, her job was to interrupt the wartime conversations between Churchill and Roosevelt. |
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Daniel Snowman meets the historian of life and living in medieval Britain. |
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Russell Chamberlin assesses claims for the return of cultural treasures. |
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May 6th, 1952 |
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June Purvis explores the career of Emmeline Pankhurst. |
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David Keys looks at the latest archaeological projects taking place in Sheffield and Liverpool. |
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Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of a royal marriage, on May 18th, 1152. |
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Tony Aldous surveys a new exhibition on architect Frank Matcham and his work at the Richmond Theatre. |
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Peter Furtado introduces a special History Today reader evening on the historical dimensions of the British monarchy. |
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Jeannette Lucraft recovers the identity and reputation of the remarkable Katherine Swynford. |
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Deborah Mulhearn assesses the debates surrounding the clearance of 400 pre-1919 terraced house in Nelson, Lancashire. |
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Sarah Tyacke, Keeper of Public Records and Chief Executive of the Public Record Office, makes a personal record of her own abiding interest in history, maps and... |
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Richard Pflederer evaluates a vital tool of the age of discovery. |
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May 8th, 1902 |
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On May 31st, 1902, the Peace of Vereeniging was signed, ending the Second Boer War between Britain and the two Afrikaner republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free... |
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Leslie Marchant sees the Opium Wars as a philosophical clash between two cultures and two notions of government and society. |
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Anthony Farrington previews a new exhibition on Asia, Britain and the role of the East India Company. |
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Margaret Kekewich points to the value of prehistory at school as a key to national unity. |
