Victorian

M.G. Brock profiles one of Britain's most able yet ill-fated premiers.

G.H.L. LeMay documents the dramatic fall and resurrection of Lord John Russell's government.

On its centenary, Maurice Powicke traced the history of the Lanchashire educational establishment.

D.H. Pennington on the man chiefly responsible for passing the Reform Act.

Christopher Sykes on an influential, eventful - though entirely fictional - parliamentary career.

Henry Bashford traces the development of a key aspect of modern medicine.

Long excluded from public business, King Edward showed, when he came to the throne, a remarkable grasp of foreign affairs. He was, as A.P. Ryan says, “a good European and a lover of peace.”

M.G. Brock surveys the political landscape in Britain in 1837.

Gillian Tindall reflects on a recent discovery by a Dickens scholar, which offers new insights into the great writer’s early years.