Is it British to Weep?
The reputation of Britons as a people who tightly control their emotions in the face of adversity is not necessarily a deserved one, argues Thomas Dixon.
Britain
Cops and Dockers
Britons like to think that they all pulled together during the Second World War, but as Clive Emsley shows, some of the work force, in particular those employed in the nation’s ports, were just as likely to be pulling a fast one.
There’s nothing new about nationalism
As the UK prepares to vote, the Conservatives are attempting to delegitimise a Labour-SNP coalition.
The Particular and the Personal
Virginia Nicholson acknowledges the debt she owes as a popular historian to academics such as Roland Quinault, whose 2001 essay on Britain in the 1950s remains a rich source of information.
Indians in Britain during the First World War
The people of Brighton offered a warm welcome to the Indian soldiers sent to convalesce at the Sussex resort in the First World War. But the military authorities found much to be nervous about.
The United Kingdom: Four nations or one?
Can the UK’s politicians offer lasting, inclusive solutions to the constitutional fall-out from last year’s referendum on Scottish independence? The historical precedents are not encouraging.
The penny post is delivered
Mail reform came to Britain on January 10th, 1840.
King George IV: A Re-appraisal, Part II
Among Victorian writers King George IV acquired an unenviable reputation; John Raymond re-interprets his personality.
King George IV: A Re-appraisal, Part I
Among Victorian writers King George IV acquired an unenviable reputation; John Raymond re-interprets his personality.
The Undeclared War Between Britain and America, Part II: 1837-1842
Henry I. Kurtz describes how many of the outstanding problems between Britain and the United States were settled by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842.