Hitler may have thought women were there for cooking, children and church, but recent research has shown that female attitudes to, and involvement in, the apparatus of the Third Reich was much more significant, argues Matthew Stibbe.
A.D. Harvey reflects on why the Great War captured the literary imagination.
Stuart Hall on Victorian riots on stage
Tony Aldous on the recent work of the Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Why did the visit of a Buddhist holy man to Lhasa at the turn of the century throw the British Foreign Office into a state of paranoia? Helen Hundley explores the life and times of Agvan Dorjiev and the part he played in the Asian rivalry of Britain and Russia.
John Black considers how the Victorians got away from privatising prisons.
Brian Brivati looks at the last time 'modernising' the Labour Party and its union links caused controversy.
Klaus Larres evaluates the track record of previous attempts at a 'New World Order.'
Richard Cavendish looks at the Bayeux Tapestry in Reading's newly refurbished museum.
Richard Cavendish visits the society dedicated to the tragic Great War poet.
