Smoke Alarms
As Britain gets used to the ban on smoking in public spaces, Virginia Berridge looks at the way attitudes to public health have changed in the last fifty years, particularly among the medical profession.
History Today
Edward III’s Round Table
Richard Barber describes the discoveries he made when Channel Four’s Time Team uncovered Edward III’s huge circular building at the heart of Windsor Castle.
Palladio’s Vicenza
Charles Hind looks at the work of one of the most influential architects in the world, in his home city of Vicenza, northern Italy.
Archaeology, Lawrence, and Guerrilla Warfare
Neil Faulkner and Nick Saunders, Co-directors of the Great Arab Revolt Project, tell how a recent field trip to southern Jordan sheds light on the theories and exploits of T.E. Lawrence.
Norman’s Conquest
York Membery interviews the eminent historian Norman Stone about his life in Turkey and his latest book.
Ghostwalking
Martin Evans talks to the historian of science Rebecca Stott about her new novel in which she explores unexplained events in the life of Isaac Newton, and considers the interactions between past and present.
General Franco and the Spanish Succession
July 15th, 1957
The Treaty of Tilsit
Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia signed a peace treaty on 7 July, 1807.
Dr Who? The First Cartoon Character
Mark Bryant discovers the world’s first cartoon character, who sold large numbers of books, and all manner of merchandising.
Death of Edward I of England
Edward Longshanks died on July 7th, 1307.