Margarette Lincoln and Colin White debate the significance of a recently discovered cache of letters from Frances Nelson to her husband’s prize agent written at the time of the collapse of her marriage to Britain’s greatest naval hero.
Corinne Atkins examines the events in Iraq in the 7th century AD, which precipitated the first and only great division of Islam, the ramifications of which are seen today in Iraq and more widely.
Russell Chamberlin examines the origins and development of Europe’s persistent vision of unity from the birth of the Holy Roman Empire to its fall.
Nicholas J. Saunders explores the ways in which humans make art from objects of death, in conflicts spanning the Napoleonic to Bosnian Wars.
Samantha Mattila reports on the discovery of valuable new additions to Sydney’s rock art.
Jeremy Black calls for a more wide-ranging, inclusive approach to the history of warfare.
Gabriel Fawcett investigates how the Germans commemorate the losses they sustained in the First and Second World Wars.
Mark Steel, stand-up comedian and presenter of history on television and radio, describes how punk rock helped politicise a generation, and whet his own appetite for enquiring about the past.
Christopher Follett describes the St George restoration project.
