Volume 53 Issue 7 July 2003

Patrick Dillon identifies the mid-18th century as a watershed in ideas about reforming society.

Mike Cronin and Richard Holt discover the roots of international sport in France.

The Nine Days Queen was pronounced monarch on July 10th, 1553.

Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France, on July 19th, 1903, by a margin of almost three hours.

Gordon Marsden sees an identity of outlook between two writers generally seen as occupying opposite ends of the political spectrum in Britain.