Volume 49 Issue 1 January 1999

Thomas Cranmer's prayer book was published on January 15th, 1549.

Archaeologists in Turkey believe they could have unearthed some of the remains of the Great Palace of the Byzantine Empire which ruled much of the known world for nearly a thousand years from the heart of Constantinople.

The formal handover took place on January 6th, 1899.

Sean Kelsey reconsiders the events of January 1649 and argues the trial was skilfully appropriated by rump politicians in paving the way for the new Commonwealth.

Christopher Hill describes the diplomatic and public relations disputes that surrounded the Olympic Games in the Cold War.