Suez: The Canal Before the Crisis
Steve Morewood looks at the rise and fall of British dominance of the Suez Canal in the years 1882 to 1954.
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Hawking Peerages
Andrew Cook looks at the mysterious career of a man notorious for selling seats in the House of Lords.
Belsen and the BBC: What Wireless Listeners Learned
Richard Dimbleby’s account of what he witnessed at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 has become infamous in Britain. Less well known is the work of two other BBC employees who made radio programmes about Belsen shortly after the camp’s liberation.
The General Strike
Martin Pugh revisits one of the most bitter disputes in history and assesses its impact on industrial relations and the wider political landscape of the twentieth century.
Florence Nightingale as a Social Reformer
Lynn McDonald describes the lasting impact of Florence Nightingale on improving public health for the poor.
The Cult of St Edward the Confessor
The last truly Anglo-Saxon King was remembered with such affection he became a sainted embodiment of a pacific and idealistic form of kingship under Henry III.
How the Miners’ Strike Was Lost
Was Margaret Thatcher’s government close to defeat during the dark days of the miners’ strike of 1984-85?
Coming to Terms with the Past: Northern Ireland
Richard English argues that historians have a practical and constructive role to play in today’s Ulster.
History With the Boring Bits Put Back
Terry Jones, former Python, describes how a perverse fascination with the boring bits of Chaucer converted him from being a clown into a historian of the 14th century.
The Meaning of Magna Carta since 1215
Ralph V. Turner considers how and why Magna Carta became a beacon of liberty in Britain and, increasingly, in the United States.