A Nation of Regions
Modern Britain is dominated economically, culturally and politically by London, its capital city. It was not always that way, as an examination of medieval texts reveals.
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Sarah Bernhardt, Divine Salomé
Wild yet chaste, impudent and ageless, Sarah Bernhardt was inescapably Oscar Wilde’s Salomé, ‘the most splendid creation’.
Kerensky in Hindsight
Alexander Kerensky, the last Russian premier before the Bolsheviks took power, decided to continue the war with Germany. He and his nascent democracy would pay the price.
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.
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.