Pink Lemonade Socialists
Pamela Pilbeam looks at the appeal of utopian socialism in early 19th-century France.
History Today
Undergraduate History 2001
Robert Pearce reviews the responses to our annual survey of the world of undergraduate history in British universities.
'The Queen of the Beaches': Ostend and the British from the 1890s to the 1930s
John K. Walton looks at the Belgian seaside resort and the part British visitors played in its development.
Who Was Shakespeare?
William Rubinstein continues his survey of topics of enduring popular debate by examining the controversy surrounding the true identity of England's famous bard.
A Future on Hold
Karen Thomas presents the struggles for Sahrawi identity, past and present, in North Africa.
Defending Quebec
Penelope Johnston explores a new museum of Canadian military history.
Steps Back in Time
Keith Randell, founder of the inspiring textbook series Access to History, explains how he found his own way in.
Robert Clive Takes Arcot
August 31st, 1751
The Singer Sewing Machine is Patented
Isaac Merritt Singer did not invent the sewing maching, but he patented the first practical and efficient one, on August 12th, 1851.
Birth of Pierre de Fermat
The French mathematician was born on August 17th, 1601.