Feature Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Britain We may know it when we see it, but corruption is not a fixed concept. Mark Knights explains how 300 years of scandal have forged perceptions of what is – and what is not – corrupt. Mark Knights | Published in History Today Volume 65 Issue 12 December 2015 ‘A Rough Sketch of the Times as Delineated by Sir Francis Burdett’, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1810. Metropolitan Museum of Art. To continue reading this article you will need to purchase access to the online archive. Buy Online Access Buy Print & Archive Subscription If you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email digital@historytoday.com if you have any problems.