Augustus Down the Centuries
'History is a reinterpretation of the past which leads to conclusions about the present' wrote Arnaldo Momigliano. Taking that lead, John M. Carter explores the posthumous images of the Roman emperor, Augustus.
History Today
Controlling the Screen: The British Cinema in the 1930s
Films interest the modern historian for they reflect the preoccupations and conventions of an age. In this article, Jeffrey Richards shows how the British cinema-goer in the 1930s saw the world according to the British Board of Censors.
The Victorian Shaftesbury
Although Anthony Ashley Cooper, Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, was often described as the ‘Prince of Philanthropists’, he himself was aware of the paradoxes of his responses to the ‘Condition of England question’.
Aspects of Vienna
Alan Borg presents various views of the historic Austrian capital.
Forum: Historians and their Jargon
Roy Porter listens to the words historians use.
Nadezhda Durova: Russia's Cavalry Maid
Barbara Heldt reveals that the brave Russian Cossack, Aleksandrov, was in fact a woman, Nadezhda Durova, who had renounced her unhappy female self.
Utopia and Anti-Utopia: William Morris and George Orwell
Peter Stansky contrasts two socialist visions for the world, one optimistic and one pessimistic.
Theatre and Counter-Theatre in Georgian Politics: The Mock Elections at Garrat
Whenever the nation went to the polls in eighteenth-century England, the small hamlet of Garrat staged its own mock election. But, as John Brewer shows here, this was not only the occasion for a riotous burlesque - it provided the vehicle for some radical political ideas.
Victorian Heritage
Alan Crawford looks back over twenty-five years of The Victorian Society.