The story of Michael Faraday, the genius of electricity, is very much a classic tale of the rise from obscure origins to scientific eminence. But as Frank James notes, an important chapter was the commercial work Faraday did for the army and navy in order to secure his freedom to pursue pure research.
Our boys over there? Mark Ellis looks at how America's black newspapers and population reacted to US involvement in the First World War and at the steps the government took to try and ensure a favourable press.
Penelope Johnston describes China's revered North American hero
Milton Goldin compares American philanthropy past and present.
Ann Hills on fishing tales from Hawaii
John Bossy has painstakingly reconstructed from clues and evidence, a hitherto untold story of intellectual intrigue, spying and double-cross in Elizabethan England.
The incorporation of the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1670 reveals much about the personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.
John Roberts finds nationalism a better bet than the idylls of Marx for the longue duree of historical understanding.
Keith Nurse describes important Iron Age finds in Norfolk on display at the British Museum
James Driver gains an insight into current food controversies from the Victorians.
