Volume 52 Issue 7 July 2002

Paul Dukes looks back at the life and career of Professor John Erickson.

Daniel Snowman meets the historian of British culture from William Morris, via Bloomsbury, to the Beatles.

Gordon Corera investigates the events of summer 1938 in Jenin.

David Hayton introduces the latest instalment in the History of Parliament series.

Malcolm Vale argues that the spectacular culture of the early modern court had its origins in the medieval princely household.

Peter Mandler argues that academic historians have a crucial contribution to make to the nation’s cultural life.

Cherry Barnett examines Godfrey Kneller's portrait of a young Chinese convert.

Andrew Ross reconsiders the reputation – both contemporary and historical – of the Scottish missionary and explorer.

Anna Keay describes how the Crown Jewels were dispersed and destroyed in 1649, and then reconstructed in 1661.

Richard Cavendish describes how The Battle of the Golden Spurs, known also as the Battle of Courtrai was fought on July 11, 1302, near Kortijk in Flanders.