An All-Round Addition
Devon's sixteen-sided 'round house'
History Today
The Pity of War
John Crossland uncovers a conspiracy of silence from the records of Britain's First World War court-martial victims.
Hard Times?
Harvey Kaye cautions against too-hurried a dispatch of Marx's class and sociological insights to the 'dustbin of history'.
The Myth of the English Reformation
The ambiguous nature of the Reformation settlement in England has often taxed historians. Diarmaid MacCulloch casts a critical eye over the evidence for a 16th-century half-way house between Catholic and Protestant.
Anchoring the Past in the Falklands
Ann Hills on celebrations of the Falkland Islands' maritime history
Richard Coeur-De-Lion
Sir Steven Runciman profiles a fabled Englishman, concerned with the political and military relationships between East and West.
French Resistance and the Algerian War
During the 1950s the Algerian struggle against France and its white settlers for independence inflamed passions and hatreds in both countries – while a small number of French men and women helped the Algerian liberation movement in defiance of their government and the sentiments of the majority. What made them do it?
Palaces for a Nouveau Riche King
The king on the move - Simon Thurley discusses the style and range of palaces and great houses Henry VIII had available to house him and his peripatetic court.
Tudor Kitchens at Hampton Court
The early Renaissance royal palace on the Thames
Arms and the Manuscripts: The King's Illuminated Books
Janet Backhouse quarries the contents of Henry's manuscript library and discusses what they tell us of his taste, interests and the attempts of others to curry favour.