Trotsky Exiled to Siberia
Richard Cavendish remembers the events of November 2nd, 1906.
History Today
The Man with the Poison Pen
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.
Who Killed the King?
History does not reveal the identity of the masked executioner who severed Charles I’s head from his body, or of his assistant who held it up to the waiting crowd. Geoffrey Robertson QC re-examines the evidence.
The World, The Flesh and the Devil
Robert W. Thurston looks at the politics of demonology and rethinks attitudes to witches and women between 1400 and 1700.
The Suez Crisis and the British Empire
The political fallout of the Suez Crisis was keenly felt at home, but how did it change Britain’s approach to the Middle East? And what did it mean for the British Empire?
Suez 1956
Timothy Benson, whose new book explores how the Suez Crisis was viewed in the world’s press and by cartoonists in particular, here tells the story of a tumultuous year.
The Secret Service Major and the Invasion of Egypt
James Exelby unearths the activities of a forgotten British spy whose documents and memoir provide a fascinating insight into the circumstances surrounding the British occupation of Egypt.
The Suez Canal Before the Crisis
When the Suez Canal was opened its creator predicted that he had marked the site of a future battlefield. When Britain occupied Egypt in 1882, it seemed inevitable they would be the ones to fight for it.
Hawking Peerages
Andrew Cook looks at the mysterious career of a man notorious for selling seats in the House of Lords.
Art for the People
Jonathan Conlin asks what the National Gallery has meant to the cultural and civic life of Britain since its foundation in 1824.