Lord Aberdeen Becomes Prime Minister
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, became Prime Minister on December 19th, 1852.
Britain
London Before London
As the Museum of London launches its new Prehistory Gallery, its recently appointed Director, Jack Lohman, gives us his perspective on the challenges of bringing the distant past to life. Mr Lohman, a born Londoner, joined the Museum in August, moving from South Africa where he was responsible for developing a common vision for the country’s fifteen national museums.
400 Years of the Bodleian Library
Celebrating the library and the University of Oxford’s greatest benefactor.
Museum of the British Empire and Commonwealth
In-house historical adviser Katherine Prior introduces this new museum which opens at the end of September.
First British Atomic Bomb Test
Britain's first atomic bomb was detonated on 3 October 1952.
Corn, Catholics and the Constitution: The Tory Crisis of 1827-30
Graham Goodlad considers the reasons for the disintegration of the early nineteenth-century Tory Party, which had dominated British politics for more than four decades.
Sir John Simon
David Dutton asks whether Simon was the 'Worst Foreign Secretary since Ethelred the Unready'.
J.S. Mill on the Subjection of Women
John Stuart Mill saw the enfranchisement of women as 'the most important of all political movements' on the road to the equality of the sexes.
Deeds Not Words
June Purvis explores the career of Emmeline Pankhurst.
Death of Arthur, Prince of Wales
The son and heir of Henry VII died on 2 April 1502.