The First WH Smith Railway Bookstall
Seeing the potential of the new technology, William Henry Smith opened his first railway bookstall on 1 November 1848.
England
Morris Minor Launch
The Morris Minor was launched at the British Motor Show of 1948, which opened at Earl's Court on October 27th.
Queen Anne
Many have dismissed the last Stuart monarch as a nonentity or a figure of fun. Yet according to Richard Wilkinson she does not deserve her tarnished reputation.
The Luttrell Psalter and the Making of ‘Merrie England’
Michael Camille shows how the marginal illustrations of a 14th-century psalter became some of our most familiar images of everyday life in medieval England.
Death of Emily Bronte
The author of Wuthering Heights died on 19 December, 1848, aged 30.
Opening of the London Olympics
Richard Cavendish remembers the opening of the ‘Austerity Olympics’ on 29 July 1948.
The Survival of the Church of England in the 17th Century
John Morrill re-examines a stormy period of religious history.
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
Richard Cavendish visits Plas Newydd, the seat of the Marquess of Anglesey.
Henry VIII and his Church
Richard Rex argues that the main inspiration for the king's pick-and-mix religion was neither Protestant nor Catholic but Hebraic.
An Eye-Witness to King Cromwell
Joad Raymond on a previously unpublished insight into the personality and projection of 'Lord Oliver' during Britain's unique 1650s experience.