Volume: 59 Issue: 8
Contents of History Today, August 2009 |
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In the wake of the parliamentary expenses scandal, some MPs have met their constituents to explain themselves, with bruising consequences. Jon Lawrence looks back... |
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On August 1st, 1259, the English renewed a truce which recognised Llywelyn ap Gruffydd as Prince of Wales. |
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Sex, scandals and celebrity were all part of a blame and shame culture that existed in the 18th century, one that often fed off the misfortune of women at the... |
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In the wake of the credit crunch, Dan Jones looks at past episodes of runaway greed and the moral lessons learnt. |
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Aug 15, 1209 - Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of a great fortress being sacked. |
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With the trial of the former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic due to begin, Nick Hawton reflects on his time reporting in a region where history is still... |
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Editor Paul Lay introduces the August 2009 issue of History Today magazine. |
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Secrecy shrouded the ways of politicians until the 18th century. Then John Wilkes came along, writes David Horspool. |
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In the mid-1930s many millions of British people voted overwhelmingly against any return to conflict. But events in Spain changed public opinion and by 1939 it was... |
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Disillusionment with Iran’s secular king brought the Islamists to power in 1979. Will the population now oust the ruling theocracy, asks Baqer Moin? |
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From A.J.P. Taylor’s mesmerising lectures in front of a black backdrop to technicolour Civilisation and the ground-breaking World At War, Taylor Downing looks at... |
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Tsar Nicholas II and his family arrived on the Isle of Wight on August 2nd, 1909, during the week of the Cowes Regatta. |
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Peter H. Wilson unravels one of the most notoriously bloody and complex conflicts in European history to answer the question. |
