Volume 56 Issue 12 December 2006

Forget Tony Blair or Margaret Thatcher, says Klaus Larres; Winston Churchill was the supreme prevaricator when it came to giving up power.

Alysa Levene explores the ideas of William Cadogan whose enlightened ideas on raising healthy and happy babies in the mid-18th century pre-dated those of Rousseau and contributed to a more permissive and relaxed attitude to child-rearing.

Geza Vermes looks at the Christmas stories in the Bible with a historian’s eye.

York Membery sings the praises of the great wartime leader on the ninetieth anniversary of his coming to power.