The Defense of Minorca
T.H. McGuffe analyses the failure of Admiral Byng to relieve the besieged British forces against French onslaught.
History Today
British Towns and Cities: Nottingham
J.D. Chambers pays an historical visit to the regional capital of the English East Midlands.
George II and Handel
Alan Yorke-Long documents the beginnings of Georgian England's affair with the music of the Hanoverian composer.
Historians Reconsidered: H.G. Wells
Christopher Dawson profiles the historical writing of "the last of the encyclopaedists".
Russia and Europe: Peter Chaadayev
A.J. Halpern queries the source of Russia's disputed status as a European state.
The Leviathian
Maurice Cranston assesses the background and impact to Thomas Hobbes' masterwork of religious and political philosophy.
British Prime Ministers: Sir Robert Walpole
J.H. Plumb analyses the career of the man recognised as Britain's first prime minister.
Hitler's British Lair
In the event of a successful Nazi invasion of Britian, Adolf Hitler proposed rural Shropshire as his headquarters. Roger Moorhouse explores why he would have chosen such a location.
The Riddle of Hassan II
David Footman on the conspiracies that surround the Order of Assassins.
Cromwell at Worcester
Keith Feiling suggests that the Battle of Worcester holds central importance, not only in the unique character of the Lord Protector, but for the history of Britain itself.