History Today

H.T. Dickinson & Kenneth Logue describe the events of a Scottish protest against the Act of Union with England.

On both sides, writes David Mitchell, during three years of conflict, political passions ran high.

Alaric Jacob introduces the soldiers and administrators who prepared the way for nineteenth-century Empire.

At Toulon, writes Stephen Usherwood, the Royal Navy first became deeply involved in the affairs of the French Revolution.

Archaeology continues to be an irresistible lure to publishers, broadcasters and the general public. And the last fifteen years have seen an extraordinary number of spectacular finds across the globe and equally spectacular revelations from ever more sophisticated lab techniques. Brian Fagan, who has taught archaeology since the 1960s, reviews the brave new world of modern archaeological discovery.

It is the issue of Russian identity, rather than strategic or economic importance, that lies at the heart of the Crimean crisis, argues Alexander Lee

George Woodcock describes the thrice nominated Democratic candidate for the Presidency, William Jennings Bryan, who eloquently expressed the feelings of the Western farmers at a time when the United States were first becoming a great international Power.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, writes D. Pepys Whiteley, an easy-going Royal Duke was deeply embarrassed by the scandalous revelations of a discarded mistress, and by the publication of his private letters.

During his many years of administration, writes H.T. Dickinson, Walpole was highly unpopular with large sections of the community.