Martin Evans

Martin Evans talks to the historian of science Rebecca Stott about her new novel in which she explores unexplained events in the life of Isaac Newton, and considers the interactions between past and present.

Martin Evans talks to historian, biographer and novelist Peter Ackroyd.

Martin Evans looks at the events of 1956 and the French war on terror, both at home and elsewhere, and how this was a turning point for French fortunes in the Algerian War of Independence.

Carmen Callil talks to Martin Evans about her recent excursion into the lies and hypocrisy of Vichy France.

Martin Evans mourns the loss of Douglas Johnson, doyen of French political history in Britain.

Martin Evans and Emmanuel Godin ask how close was France to becoming a Communist country in the years after the Second World War.

Martin Evans introduces a new series on the painful past.

Martin Evans discusses how the historian Robert Paxton shifted the terms of debate over the collective memory of Vichy France.

Martin Evans contrasts the triumphalism of France’s 1931 Colonial Exhibition in Paris with the rotten reality of its ramshackle empire.

The contribution of the witnesses from the Battle of Algiers to the debate on contemporary history.