The Beeching Myth
Charles Loft argues that Dr Beeching, hatchet-man of the railways in 1963, has been unfairly blamed for the decisions of politicians.
Volume 53 Issue 4 April 2003
Death of Carol II of Romania
The Romanian king died of a heart attack on April 4th, 1953.
Doing it Better Than Mother
Liane Aukin looks at the private life of Florence Nightingale, and at how her strained relationship with her mother shaped her destiny.
Toussaint Louverture
France officially commemorates the bicentennial of the death of a black French general, as Napoleon's prisoner, on April 7th, 1803.
The British and the Modernisation of Skiing
E. John B. Allen looks at the British obsession that converted a mundane mode of transport into an internationally popular winter sport.
The Foundation of Rome
The traditional date for the founding of Rome is April 21st, 753 BC.