History Today

Eric Evans looks at the industrial and economic backdrop to the developments of Britain's Welfare State. 

Ian Fitzgerald examines the benefits of accessing British History now available on CD-ROM.

Reunion of the June 1944 armada

Dan Wylie looks at the myths and realities of nineteenth century Zulu nationhood and their resonance in the new South Africa today.

A discussion on the Getty Center, perhaps the world's most ambitious single complex for the study of art.

Mungo Campbell traces the various incarnations of a classical legend form the court of Habsburg Prague to a Dutch engraver's workshop.

Robin Jeffrey examines how colonialism and religious divisions have interacted with indigenous tradition to produce a mixed balance sheet for democracy in and around the Indian sub-continent.

Frank Nowikowski investigates missing paintings mysteriously found after the Second World War.