Gibraltar, 1704-1954
Gibraltar provides one of the examples of how the British Empire was 'acquired in a fit of absence of mind'.
Volume 4 Issue 8 August 1954
Cicero’s Year in Cilicia
David Stockton describes an important stage in the life of Cicero, the Roman philosopher, politican and theorist.
Saint-Simon: A Nineteenth Century Prophet
F.M.H. Markham profiles Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, the French political theorist and early advocate for a centralised, technocratic society.
Melbourne and the Years of Reform: Part III
A biographical portrait by Lord David Cecil of William Lamb, the early 19th century parliamentarian better known as Lord Melbourne.
Memoirs of an Official Agent: Part I, Trading With Russia, 1921-23
On March 16, 1921 the first Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement was signed; Sir Robert Hodgson headed Britain’s Commercial Mission to Moscow.
The Character of Richard III
Shakespeare’s enormous influence in shaping subsequent concepts of 15th-century England is nowhere better illustrated than in the case of the character of Richard III.