'The White Man's Burden'? Imperial Wars in the 1890s
Lawrence James looks at the melange of racial theory, economic interest and Boys' Own 'derring-do' that fuelled European ambitions for a 'place in the sun'.
History Today
The Dieppe Raid: Triumph out of Disaster
The 1942 Allied raid on Nazi-occupied France and its lessons for D-Day.
German Cartoons of the First World War
Pictures worth a thousand words - William Coupe traces, via cartoons, the changes in attitudes and public opinion in the Kaiser's Germany towards the First World War.
Spain's Other Olympics
Paul K. Martin with an eyewitness account of Barcelona's rival Olympics of 1936.
Stalin and the Communist Party in the 1920s
By the late 1920s, Stalin and the Soviet Union seemed on the road to totalitarianism. Did the system spawn a monster – or a monster the system?
Divorced, Beheaded, Died…
Roderick Phillips considers if marriages were ever made in heaven.
Idylls No More at Freshwater?
Ann Hills uncovers a shrine to Victorian photography under threat.
Kensal Green Cemetery
John Coutts delves into the undergrowth of Victorian life and death in North London.
Players Recreate the Style
A music hall reprise by Michael Leech