Winston Churchill’s farewell from the Commons
The former prime minister made his final appearance at Parliament on 28 July 1964.
History Today
George Stephenson's First Steam Locomotive
A milestone in railway transportation, George Stephenson's first steam train was unveiled on July 25th, 1814.
The Great Fire of Rome
The city burned on 18 July AD 64. Of the early Roman emperors, Nero alone rivalled Caligula in his reputation for sheer unbridled viciousness.
A Nationalism Born of the Great War
The 1914-18 conflict changed the nature of Scottish identity.
Dura Europos
Findings at a desert site in eastern Syria shed light on pagan, Jewish and early Christian religions.
Secrets of Scriptoria
The medieval scriptorium was not necessarily the ordered hive of activity we have come to imagine.
William III, Part II
William III was one of the most successful, yet least popular, of British monarchs, writes J.P. Kenyon, whose reign marked a steady advance in the ascent of his adopted country. You can find the first part of this article here.
Thomas Creevey: A Later Appraisal
“How came it that so many important contemporaries took this ‘social butterfly’ so seriously?” John Gore, Creevey’s editor and biographer, re-examines the Whig memorialist’s contribution to late Georgian history.
The Rise of the Electricity Supply Industry
Brian Bowers assesses the first fifty years of public electricity supply in the United Kingdom and its scientific background.