The Search for Uncle Sam
New Hampshire meat-packer to national symbol - Alton Ketchum recounts the rise and rise of Uncle Sam Wilson.
History Today
King John's Maundy
England's royal black sheep may well turn out to be the instigator of the ancient ceremony linking Church and Crown. Arnold Kellett explains how this came about.
Before the Wheel
Nicholas Russell on environment lessons from development history
Phoenix Rising
Damien Gregory explores jerry-building at Hampton Court
The Athenian State Prison
Paul Cartledge reconstructs the prison and execution-site of Socrates
Bookworms and Acid Pens
Michael Leech discusses the paper tigers and fragile history of Princeton University's collection.
Exodus and Return
C.C. Aronsfeld on Jewish exodus and persecution, 800 years after the massacre in York
London's Charity Schools, 1690-1730
'The greatest Instances of publick Spirit the Age has produced', but confessional strife between Anglicans and Nonconformists, as well as the bitter battles of Whigs and Tories, was the stimulus for an educational programme for the poor. Craig Rose investigates.