Records at Risk
Richard Woodall issues an alert about documents in peril.
History Today
The Myth of Absolutism
Enlightened despots or imperial new clothes? Nicholas Henshall takes a fresh look at the realities of power in the bureaucracies and rulers of ancien regime Europe.
Scottish History Society
Richard Cavendish takes the tartan with the Scottish History Society
Catering for Past and Present
Sarah Jane Evans discusses historical venues and their catering habits.
The International Economy
An end to the old order - Clive Lee looks at the pressures and changes that marked out the 1890s as a frontier post in a settled world economy.
British Gypsies and the State
David Mayall chronicles the uneasy relations between gypsies and the British establishment.
Jersey's New Museum
Ann Hills evaluates the recently-opened island museum.
Phoney War - England, Summer 1642
'Tis to be feared this threatening storm will not be allayed without some showers... of blood' – Chris Durston chronicles the rumours and fears of an England on the brink of fratricidal conflict.
Women's Work and the English Civil War
Anne Laurence considers how the conflict between King and Parliament altered the occupations and preoccupations of England's women.
On the Turn: Japan, 1900
From isolation to Great Power status: Richard Perren explains how a mania for Westernisation led to Japan's transformation at the turn of the century.