Artist and Industrialist have rarely succeeded in establishing a fruitful alliance. But during the latter years of the eighteenth century, writes Neil McKendrick, such an alliance was formed—with results that we admire today. Wedgwood, a great potter, and Stubbs, a celebrated painter, agreed to pool their very different gifts.
Roger Pilkington describes how the Swedish poet, historian and philosopher, Erik Gustaf Geijer, made a tour of England when acting as a private tutor.
Jan Read introduces some volunteers on land and at sea in the liberation of the Spanish Colonies.
W.H. Chaloner profiles the contribution of Francis Egerton, the last Duke of Bridgewater, to the canal systems of Lancashire, and England at large.
W.H. Chaloner considers the life and times of one of Georgian England's foremost industrial figures.
Sir Lewis Namier shows how, through the growth of mining and the coal-trade, the social and economic character of North-Eastern England was entirely transformed.
The great historical shifts in energy use, from wood to coal, to oil, nuclear power and beyond, have transformed civilisation and will do so again, as Richard Rhodes explains.
The pioneer of English travel writing was born on June 7th, 1662.
From Captain Cook to playboy Prince Bertie, Tessa Dunlop examines the appeal of the tattoo among high society.
Roger Hudson on a moment in the story of Scottish emigration captured in 1923.
