Britain

David Moulson looks at the history of pewter, as a new dedicated museum opens in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Siegfried Beer looks at the links between The Third Man and British intelligence.

Roland Quinault looks at the state of the islands immediately following the Second World War.

LCC housing architects and their work between 1893 and 1914, by Michael Crowder

David Dutton analyses Austen Chamberlain's impact on British foreign policy, and European affairs, between the wars.

Michael Morrogh explains why Gladstone took up the cause of Irish home rule and why his policies failed so tragically.

Charlotte Crow reviews the Museum of London exhibition tracing three centuries of artistic creativity in London.

Timothy Benson assesses Hitler's irritated reaction to being lampooned by David Low of the Evening Standard.

Unearthing the Cumbrian city's Roman past.

The brilliant inventor and engineer William George Armstrong died on December 27th, 1900, aged ninety.