Legacies of Empire
The second of the two Longman/History Today prize-winning essays on the topic ‘Is distance lending enchantment to the view historians have of the British Empire and its legacies’.
Volume 48 Issue 4 April 1998
The Roots of Vegetarianism
Derek Antrobus uncovers the origins of the Vegetarian Society.
Failed Chartist Demonstration in London
Britain's working-class Chartist movement organised a mass meeting at Kennington Common on April 10th, 1848.
Napoleon and German Identity
How Napoleon laid up trouble for future generations of Frenchmen by kick-starting Prussian and German domination of Eastern Europe.
Recording the Dream
Brian Ward, author of a new book on the links between Rhythm and Blues music and the Civil Rights movement, tells of Martin Luther King’s little-known experiences as a recording artist.