Alysa Levene explores the ideas of William Cadogan whose enlightened ideas on raising healthy and happy babies in the mid-18th century pre-dated those of Rousseau and contributed to a more permissive and relaxed attitude to child-rearing.
Geza Vermes looks at the Christmas stories in the Bible with a historian’s eye.
York Membery sings the praises of the great wartime leader on the ninetieth anniversary of his coming to power.
Contrary to myth, it wasn’t Prince Albert but another German royal transplant who introduced the Christmas tree to Britain.
The life and career of one of the most vilified men in history.
Philip Mould is an art dealer, author and broadcaster specializing in the discovery of lost antique portraiture. This month he opens a major gallery in Dover Street, London.
The astronomer was born on November 8th 1656.
Segregation on buses in Alabama officially ended on November 13th, 1956.
Richard Cavendish remembers the events of November 2nd, 1906.
Cartoon historian Mark Bryant looks at the career of the Dutch cartoonist whose searing indictment of German atrocities in the First World War won him plaudits from governments on two continents.
