Interwar period

Hal Wert tells the story of the two Lithuanian-American aviators, Steponas Darius and Stanley Girenas, whose attempt to bring honour to the land of their birth ended tragically in July 1933.

Christopher Dawson profiles the historical writing of "the last of the encyclopaedists".

L.B. Namier on both the pre- and post-war case against would-be plotters within the Nazi regime.

Julian Piggott shows how, with the help of a puppet state on the Rhine, France between 1919 and 1923 attempted to solve the perpetual problem of her eastern frontier.

Elizabeth Wiskemann recounts the story of one of Europe’s richest and most hotly-disputed industrial territories

The story of penicillin is well known, as are those Nobel Prize winners who were honoured for their part in its discovery. But one man’s contribution has been overlooked. Malcolm Murfett sets the record straight on the biochemist Norman G. Heatley.

Roger Hudson examines a photograph from 1920 taken on the eve of a profound split on the French Left.

Japan flexed its muscles and launched a full-scale invasion of China following an incident on July 7th, 1937.

Hugh Purcell tells how Kitty Bowler, a young American, captured the heart of Tom Wintringham, the 'English Captain' at Jarama.

The Treaty of Versailles, negotiated by the fractious Allies in the wake of the First World War, did not crush Germany, nor did it bring her back into the family of nations. Antony Lentin examines a tortuous process that sowed the seeds of further conflict.