Macbeth Defeated at Dunsinane
The Scottish king fought Malcolm Canmore on 27 July 1054.
Volume 54 Issue 7 July 2004
Alan Turing: Codebreaker and Computer Pioneer
B.J. Copeland and Diane Proudfoot recall the contribution to the war effort in 1939-45 of the British computer scientist.
Coming to Terms with the Past: Northern Ireland
Richard English argues that historians have a practical and constructive role to play in today’s Ulster.
Catastrophe at Smyrna
Matthew Stewart traces the roots of the Greco-Turkish war of 1921-22, and the consequent refugee crisis, to the postwar settlements of 1919-20.
An Interview with Simon Schama
Daniel Snowman meets the celebrated telly-don and historian of 17th-century Holland, 18th-century France and America, all of British history and much else besides.