Political Spying in 20th-century Britain
Bernard Porter on espionage, past and present.
History Today
The Dockers Who Won
John Crossland looks at the Dock Strike that succeeded in 1889.
Yesterday's Abu Dhabi
Annette Bingham on digging up the past in the United Arab Emirates.
Cousins Once Removed
Peter Parker describes the difficulties in writing historical biographies and his effort on writer and editor J.R. Ackerley.
Dun Re-Done
Tony Aldous on the restoration of a mansion of an outstanding early 18th-century Scottish architect.
A Social Contract? Master Against Servant in the Court of Requests
Sharp practice or sharp 'prentice? Paul Seaver argues that the tale of how a Bristol notary and his erstwhile trainee fell out and went to court in 1620 tells us much about the social aspirations and intimacies of 17th-century England.
Going to the Wall
Rosemary Burton on a handbook for Hadrian's Wall
Power and Politics in Early Modern Italy
A country divided, degenerate and in cultural decline? Robert Oresko examines the changing views historians are developing of Italy between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries and finds a society far more vibrant and complex than tradition suggests.