George Stephenson's First Steam Locomotive
A milestone in railway transportation, George Stephenson's first steam train was unveiled on July 25th, 1814.
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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.
The Passing of L'Arme Blanche: The Last Cavalry Charge in British Military History
On March 19th, 1942, a British officer, riding the “best polo pony in Burma,” launched a headlong charge against a Japanese machine-gun emplacement. He died as he would probably have chosen to die; and with his death, writes James Lunt, concluded a long and distinguished chapter in the history of the British Army.