Threefold Mystery
Charles Freeman explains why AD 381 was a defining moment in the history of European thought.
History Today
The Right to Choose: Women, Consent and Marriage in Late Medieval England
Jeremy Goldberg examines three stories of disputed marriages and discusses definitions of consent and how they impinged on a medieval woman’s right to marry when and whom she chose.
The Munich Air Crash
On February 6th, 1958, the BEA aircraft carrying the players and staff of Manchester United football team crashed shortly after taking off at Munich airport. Richard Cavendish describes the accident.
Saint Bernadette’s First Vision at Lourdes
Saint Marie-Bernarde Soubirous saw the first of her 18 'visions' in Lourdes on 11 February 1858.
Baghdad Sacked by the Mongols
The Siege of Baghdad ended on February 10th 1258.
Radical East Anglia
Peter Clark celebrates some of the ‘awkward squad’ associated with eastern England.
The Sound of the Eminent Victorians
Walter Harris introduces the retired soldier who brought sound recording to Britain.
The Roman Doctor Will See You Now
Anthea Gerrie explores a remarkable excavation, a Roman surgeon’s house in Rimini.
Nanjing Massacre Conference Report
Report by H.F. Ito a Japanese born close to Hiroshima In 1942, now living in France, on a conference held in December 2007 in Nanjing to commemorate the massacre of Chinese citizens by Japanese troops in December 1937.
The Decline and Fall of the British Empire 1781-1997
Denis Judd reviews a title covering the period from the Battle of Yorktown to the handover of Hong Kong.