The Curies Discover Radium
On December 20th, 1898, Pierre Curie scrawled the word 'radium' in his notebook as the name for a new element he and his wife Marie had discovered in their laboratory in Paris.
Volume 48 Issue 12 December 1998
Louis Napoleon elected President of France
Prince Louis Napoleon was forty when he won the election for the French presidency on December 10th, 1848.
Sing Choirs of Angels
Ian Bradley reflects on the origins and development of Christmas carols.
The Commons’ People
Gordon Marsden on the origins and future of the project to chart the history of the Houses of Parliament.
Berlin and Cuba
Jim Broderick looks at the crisis management of two moments when the spectre of nuclear war shadowed relations between the superpowers.