The Kaiservilla, Bad Ischl
The life and times of Austria's grand old man, the Emperor Franz Joseph, via the Kaiservilla.
History Today
Yanks-a-Million [and a half...]
Former editor of History Today Juliet Gardiner on the GIs 'over here'
Gender, Class and Nation
Leonore Davidoff on how women's history has been interwoven with debates on society and identity and its prospects for durability.
Gossip or Chronicler? Versailles and Saint-Simon
Michel Petheram assesses the importance and reliability of a courtier whose 'memoires' offer graphic vignettes of the last days of Louis XIV.
The Fabrication of Louis XIV
Peter Burke looks at how images and the image-makers made the Sun King appear as the larger-than-life 'top ruler' of 17th-century Europe.
Czech Curtains for Mozart
Kenneth Asch on Prague's memento to the great composer
The Fall of the Mighty
Douglas Johnson compares and contrasts the downfalls of Neville Chamberlain and Margaret Thatcher.
A Second Wind From the Third World
John MacKenzie argues there is life yet in Marxist analysis if not in its practice then for examining the process of imperial rule and its transformation.
In the Limelight
The Lime Centre in Hampshire and its practical training in the use of lime.
Peak Achievements
Annette Bingham explores Bronze Age grazing in the Peak District