Britain

Penelope Corfield explores the interdependent relationship between crown and capital from the 17th century onwards that the monarchy ignored at its peril.

Ted Cowan visits the new Museum of Scotland and considers its implications for the nation’s view of itself.

Richard Cavendish recreates the scene of the famous Victorian Tory leader's accession, on February 22nd 1849.

In examining British politics from 1940 to 1945, Kevin Jefferys explains why the man who was widely perceived as winning the war lost the 1945 election.

Ian Bradley reflects on the origins and development of Christmas carols.

Alex Werner previews a new exhibition on skeletons at the Museum of London.

Isaac Watts died on November 25th, 1748, aged 74, in Stoke Newington, Hackney.

Rebecca Daniels celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the Victorian Society, which set out in 1958 to save nineteenth-century architectural gems from destruction.

John Adamson argues that the importance of the Celtic fringe in the events of the 1640s has been exaggerated.

The 1867 Reform Act did not set the British electoral system in stone until the Third Reform Act of 1884-85. John Walton reveals that its effects were complex, varied and quite often unintended.