Wren’s St. Paul’s Officially Opened
St Paul’s Cathedral was opened on 2 December 1697.
Britain
Was it British?
Gavin Weightman finds historical precedents for Britain’s response to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Going, Going - Gone?
Michael Leech on the efforts to save and excavate the site of the original Globe Theatre in London.
Bethlem/Bedlam: Methods of Madness?
‘Bedlam’ has become a by-word for a wild and crazy place, but what is the historical reality behind a distinguished London institution?
A Fatal Guarantee: Poland, 1939
Despite Britain’s commitment to appeasement, the 1939 Agreement of Mutual Assistance with Poland led London into the Second World War. What changed?
Attlee
Blair has a hard act to follow, according to Robert Pearce's assessment of the architect of the previous Labour landslide in 1945.
A Museum for British Lahore
M. Naeem Qureshi on a remnant of empire which has moved beyond being a mere repository of the Raj.
Cartoons of the Raj
Partha Mitter looks at how tensions and cultural interchange between Indians and Britons are conveyed in the imagery of the colonial period.
Lord Liverpool and Alternatives to 'Repression' in Regency England
John Plowright reconsiders a lost leader and the battle he won to maintain public order.
The Appliance of Science - The Georgian British Museum
A cabinet of curiosities or a medium for enlightening the general public? Patricia Fara looks at how debate over democratising scientific knowledge crystalised in the development of the newly-formed British Museum.