Henry VII: England’s Miracle King
Henry Tudor invoked providence to gain his throne in 1485, but it was skilful use of heraldic and religious imagery, as well as promotion of the cult of Henry VI that ensured he retained it.
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Poltava: The Battle that Changed the World
In 1709 Russia emerged as a major power after a clash of armies in Ukraine. Peter the Great’s victory, Derek Wilson argues, had repercussions that last to this day.
Spain’s Ethnic Cleansing of the Muslim Moriscos
The expulsion in 1609 of more than 300,000 Spanish Moriscos – Muslim converts to Christianity – was a brutal attempt to create a homogenous state.
The Long Road to Equality for African-Americans
John Kirk charts the progress of the civil rights movement through its most prominent body, the NAACP.
Passing the Torch
Michael Dunne reflects on past US presidential Inaugurals, and the words which still resonate.
Edward Heath
Robert Pearce attempts to put the Prime Minister of 1970-74 into historical perspective.
‘U-turn if you want to…’
Mark Rathbone analyses the causes and consequences of sudden changes of policy in nineteenth-century British politics.
The Ambassador, the Grand Duke, his Wife and her Lover
What was the nature of the clandestine correspondence between the future Catherine the Great and the British ambassador to St Petersburg?
Solving Stonehenge
Anthony Johnson argues that an accurate interpretation of the great monument rests in the sophisticated geometric principles employed by its Neolithic surveyors.
Selma and Civil Rights
Mark Rathbone examines the importance of one Alabama town’s contribution to the civil rights movement.