A Napoleonic Treasure Hunt
Robert Knecht describes his quest to unravel a mystery originating in the French defeat in the Battle of the Nations.
History Today
Military Tribunals in the United States
Mark Weisenmiller shows how the fate of Al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners in Cuba is linked to a US Supreme Court decision of sixty years ago.
The Search for John Tresilian, Master Smith to Edward IV
Jane Geddes investigates the remarkable ironwork of the gates of the tomb of Edward IV, and considers what they can tell us about 15th-century craft and culture.
The Muslim Expulsion from Spain
Roger Boase looks at a Spanish example of religious and ethnic cleansing.
Celtic Myths: Celtic History?
Simon Young reveals the limitations of oral legends as historical sources.
Enrico Caruso’s Landmark Recordings
Catherine Roddam looks back at the first recordings of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.
The Wehrmacht Exhibition
Gabriel Fawcett examines the controversy surrounding the Wehrmacht exhibition.
125 Years of Saving Ancient Buildings
Jenny West looks at the role of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, founded by William Morris in 1877 to counteract the highly destructive 'restoration' of medieval buildings being practised by many Victorian architects.
The Rise and Fall of Empires
Harold Perkin discusses the role of the extraction and distribution of surplus production in historical change, from Ancient Egypt to the 21st century.