Local

Member of Parliament, friend of Philip Sidney, local historian, and promoter of American colonization, Richard Carew was one of the important provincial figures of his age, as F.E. Halliday here describes.

Rowena Hammal examines the evidence to assess civilian reactions to war in Britain from 1940 to 1945.

Sarah Wise highlights a campaign to save a humble treasure.

The American soldiers who fought their way through the islands of the Pacific during the Second World War encountered fierce Japanese resistance but few local people. That all changed with the invasion of the Mariana Islands, says Matthew Hughes.

Peter Clark celebrates some of the ‘awkward squad’ associated with eastern England.

Roy Strong tells York Membery why the humble English parish church is a perpetual source of fascination and refreshment.

Margaret Mehl explains the surprising adoption of two Japanese scholars by their hometowns as major tourist attractions.

Janet L. Nelson looks at the history of this church in the small town in the North-Rhine Westfalia region of western Germany.

Richard Cavendish explores a quantity of bygones in the museum of social history.

Richard Hodges wanders through the medieval village of Rocca in Tuscany.

Richard Cavendish trawls through the exhibits to examine the legacy of the city's whaling and fishing industry.

Dennis Mills lauds an initiative putting local government and local history together.