'Through A Glass Darkly...'
Peter Burke discusses historical amnesia and cultural roots.
History Today
Immigrants and British Labour's Response, 1870-1950
Kenneth Lunn looks at the dynamics of the labour movement's reaction to new migrants.
What is the History of Art?
'Art for art's sake' – but not for many historians. The fine and decorative arts, their styles and iconography, have been mined for insight into the politics, religion and social obsessions of the past. Placing key images alongside the views of six contributors we continue the search.
Franco: The Patient Dictator
Paul Preston assesses how time has obscured the legacy of the Spanish military rebel and leader.
That Old Black Magic
Simon Schaffer explores the occult.
Law, Lawyers and the English Reformation
John Guy uncovers Tudor England's legal profession.
A Final Solution? Nazi Policy Towards the Jews
A Satanic conspiracy designed from the beginning to eliminate European Jewry? Or ad hoc responses aimed at replenishing Nazi zeal and producing convenient scapegoats? A fresh look at one of the most hideous episodes in world history.
Franco and World War Two
Franco's traditional image has been as a canny neutral in the struggle between the Allied and Axis powers. But in 1940 his aspirations for an African empire drew him to within an ace of war with Britain.