A Tall Story? The Standard of Living Debate
Roderick Floud continues our special feature on the Industrial Revolution with a look at the impact of industrialisation on the British people.
History Today
Class and Common Interest
R.J. Morris begins the second part of our special feature on the Industrial Revolution, asking what were the effects of the Industrial Revolution on class and class consciousness in Britain?
Joseph Wright of Derby - Painter of the Industrial Revolution
K.Z. Cieszkowski on the visual chronicler of scentific and industrial developments in the 18th century Midlands.
Scottish Croquet: The English Golf Boom, 1880-1914
John Lowerson shows how, at the turn of the century, the English middle class seized with enthusiasm on the sport of golf, for it was leisurely, sociable - and affordable.
The 'Commune' in London: Trepidation about the LCC
John Kellett asks whether new proposals for the government of London in the 1880s would have created an enclave of revolution and radicalism in England, as had been the case in France in 1871.
Reading History: The Interregnum, 1649-1660
Ivan Roots surveys the historiography of the Cromwellian régime.
Love of the Game
Tony Mason considers the history of sport.
Making an Atlas of Islam
Francis Robinson explains how his perception of Islam is reflected in his book, Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500 (Phaidon, 1982).
Ironbridge: The Cradle of Industrialisation
Barrie Trinder examines the cradle of the Industrial Revolution.
Stalin’s Russia
Christopher Read explores the historiography of Russia under Joseph Stalin.