Napoleon in Russia: Saviour or Anti-Christ?
Janet Hartley discusses the mixed responses of Russia's populations to Napoleon's great gamble on an invasion and the part they played in the eventual French catastrophe.
History Today
Preserving Lizzie
The problems surrounding the discovery of an ancient reptile fossil and its wider implications for cultural heritage.
Robert Knox's Anatomy of Race
Susan Collinson dissects the life and ideas of the brilliant nineteenth-century anatomist who developed a biological theory of race, but whose career was clouded by controversy.
Washington's Whitehall: The Old Executive Office Building
Aram Bakshian delves into the annexe of Presidents in Washington DC
Amazing…
Ann Hills assesses the 'Year of the Maze'
Getting and Spending - William Blathwayt and Dyrham Park
Barbara Murison tells how one of Stuart England's most successful civil servants used friends, influence and resources from around the globe to fit out a palatial residence in Gloucestershire
Latin American Debt Crises
Frank Griffith Dawson finds echoes of the present in Latin America's financial situations of the past.