Accused of cowardice at the Battle of Minden, and often-cast for the role of villain when he was Colonial Secretary, Lord George Germain, writes Eric Robson, nevertheless had many of the qualities of a successful statesman.
In June 1812 Britain and the United States went to war. The conflict was a relatively minor affair, but its consequences were great.
Richard Cavendish remembers Henry Hudson's attempted discovery of the Northwest Passage.
John Spiller surveys race relations in the United States during Reconstruction and constructs a balance sheet.
Richard Cavendish recalls the slave liberation movement in 19th-century Kansas.
An infamous mafia massacre occurred on 14 February 1929.
The famed radio broadcast of HG Wells' War of the Worlds took place on October 30th, 1938.
Anthony Aveni explains how the people planning great monuments and cities, many millennia and thousands of miles apart, so often sought the same inspiration – alignments with the heavens.
A century ago international anarchists were causing public outrage and panic with their terror tactics. Matt Carr considers the parallels with al-Qaeda today.
Viv Sanders puts an inspiring figure, and an important event, into historical perspective.
