Crime in 19th-Century Britain
Clive Emsley discovers the Victorian underworld and the attempts to combat it.
History Today
Dovecote Press: Small is Successful
Ann Hills looks at history at the local level in Dorset
The Embryo, from Aristotle to Alton
G.R. Dunstan discovers the moral status of the human embryo throughout history and how judgments have been linked to the scientific understanding of the time.
Bowling Towards the Armada
Dymphna Byrne looks forward to the 400th anniversary of the Spanish Armada
The Spanish Guerrillas in the Peninsular War
Proud patriots perhaps, but were the irregular forces in Spain's war against Napoleon a help or a hindrance? Charles Esdaile investigates.
The Images of St Dunstan
Tim Tatton-Brown reviews the picture of one of Anglo-Saxon England's best-known saints built up at a major exhibition in Canterbury for the millennium of his death.
Perestroika's Impact on Soviet History
Georgy Smirnov investigates the reforming policies in the USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev.