Painted out of History
The abdication crisis of 1937 forced a royalist magazine to present a different face to the world, as Luci Gosling reports.
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Panipat: The Mughals Strike Twice
The two 16th-century battles of Panipat are little known in the West. But they were pivotal in establishing the Mughal Empire as the dominant power of northern India.
Titanic: A Night to Forget
For a century the sinking of the Titanic has attracted intense interest. Yet there have been many vested interests keen to prevent media attention.
Titanic: Southampton’s Deep Sorrow
The impact of the Titanic disaster on Southampton, the city from which it sailed and home to more than a third of those who lost their lives, was immense.
Noël Coward and the Second World War
Told by Churchill to ‘go and sing when the guns are firing’, Noël Coward aspired to do more during the Second World War than entertain the troops.
The Media Made Malcolm X
Depicted as a dangerous extremist and a threat to the civil rights movement, black activist Malcolm X was as much a beneficiary of the media as he was its victim.
Sir Gawain: Patron's Place
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a masterpiece of Middle English literature, which narrowly escaped destruction in the 18th century. Nicholas Mee examines the poem to discover both its secret benefactor and the location in which its drama unfolds.
Concorde: Flight of the Imagination
Wracked by industrial decline, Britain and France embraced the world’s first supersonic airliner: Concorde.
Medmenham: Spying from the Sky
Taylor Downing tells the story of the Central Interpretation Unit at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, where the RAF’s aerial photo interpreters played a critical role in Britain’s wartime struggle.
1911: China’s First Revolution
The failings of China's 1911 Revolution heralded decades of civil conflict, occupation and suffering for the Chinese people.