Britain

John Powell chronicles the activities of a Midlands ring of counterfeiters whose activities open a window on the economic and social ambiguities of late Georgian England.

Raymond Postgate is well-known today as the founder of The Good Food Guide, but he was also a vivid eyewitness of events as a Londoner under siege from Hitler's bombs. We publish here for the first time, a selection from his wartime correspondence with the American publisher Alfred Knopf, introduced and edited by his son, John Postgate.

Richard Cavendish finds plenty to chew the cud on, courtesy of the BAHS

Peter Atkins finds that though we might be considering toll roads, the Victorians were glad to get rid of them.

'You are Monarchial No. 1 and value tradition, form and ceremony.' But was Clementine Churchill's encomium of her husband always reflected in Winston's personal relations with Britain's kings and queens over six decades? Philip Ziegler presents an account of a colourful but chequered relationship.

Peter Heehs describes how Hindu revivalism stiffened resistance to colonial rule in British India.

Robert Thorne discusses 19th-century London on show in Germany

Michael Leech on a Tudor revival in the East End

Peter Wickham surveys a little-known example of Modern Movement Architecture.