Saving Lives on the Front Line
The work of military nurses at Passchendaele transformed the perception of women’s war service, showing they could perform life-saving work and risk their lives at the front.
History Today
The Road to Equality
The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was not the great step forward it is sometimes purported to be.
For Whom The Bells Toll
In Renaissance Florence, church and civic bells frequently rang out across the city’s crowded soundscape. Their calls were far from impartial.
Reframing the Great Divergence
A detailed study of the Enlightenment and the Great Divergence displays admirable depth of knowledge and subtlety of argument.
The Savage Punishment of Siberian Exile
The wretched existence of those banished to Russia’s freezing expanses east of the Urals is vividly described in this excellent study.
No Husband Needed – I Fly a Spitfire
The memoir of a pioneering woman pilot who delivered vital fighter aircraft and bombers around Britain during the war.
Marshalsea: The Worst Prison in the Country
Marshalsea Debtors' Prison became a microcosm of society.
New Ways of Seeing
A painter and a critic discuss the visual past in a beguiling and provocative way, but do they engage the reader?
Fresh Perspectives on the Levellers
A convincing account of early modern political organisation gives voice to lesser-known figures.
Roads Less Taken
Two excellent studies highlight the commonality of gay and lesbian experience in Britain and Germany over the past century and a half.