Morris Minor Launch
The Morris Minor was launched at the British Motor Show of 1948, which opened at Earl's Court on October 27th.
History Today
Saints and Nazi Skeletons
A Jewish-born Carmelite nun murdered at Auschwitz and due to be canonised by the Pope in October, is claimed to have been betrayed to the Nazis by a high-ranking Benedictine monk.
The Cold War on TV
Taylor Downing introduces one of the most ambitious television history series of recent years, financed by Turner Broadcasting.
Who Voted for the Nazis?
Dick Geary on the voting patterns of the German people in the crucial years that brought Hitler to power.
The Treaty of Westphalia
On 24 October 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia was signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
The Archdukes in Brussels
Pauline Croft on an art exhibition in Belgium on Albert and Isabella of Austria.
The Bill of Rights, 1689 and 1998
Mark Goldie celebrates a new Bill of Rights and looks at its precedent
The Lost Village of Wharram Percy
Christopher Dyer uncovers a hidden village in North Yorkshire.
Collaborators and Renegades in Occupied Shanghai
1930s Shanghai was notoriously populated by characters of dubious political and moral allegiances. Bernard Wasserstein shows how the Japanese used their contacts among the city’s low-life to assist in their invasion and occupation.
Pride and Prejudice in the American Civil War
The image of the American Civil War as a ‘white man’s fight’ became the national norm almost as soon as the last shot was fired. Susan-Mary Grant looks at the experience and legacy of the conflict for black Americans.