Selma and Civil Rights
Mark Rathbone examines the importance of one Alabama town’s contribution to the civil rights movement.
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Leaving Burma Behind
Burma became independent in 1948. Ben Morris asks if Britain could have done more for this unhappy country.
The Dark Side of the Moon
John Kennedy’s commitment to put a man on the Moon in the 1960s is often quoted as an inspired civic vision. Gerard DeGroot sees the reality somewhat differently.
Hugh Dalton
John Plowright examines the career of one of the key ministers in Attlee’s postwar governments.
The Berlin Wall: A Secret History
The Berlin Wall was a tangible symbol of the suppression of human rights by the Eastern bloc during the Cold War, but Frederick Taylor asks whether it was more convenient to the Western democracies than their rhetoric suggested.
Germ Warfare
Robert Bud says we should remember the Asian flu epidemic of 1957 as a turning point in the history of antibiotics.
The Long Goodbye
Forget Tony Blair or Margaret Thatcher, says Klaus Larres; Winston Churchill was the supreme prevaricator when it came to giving up power.
Suez: The Canal Before the Crisis
Steve Morewood looks at the rise and fall of British dominance of the Suez Canal in the years 1882 to 1954.
Hawking Peerages
Andrew Cook looks at the mysterious career of a man notorious for selling seats in the House of Lords.
Belsen and the BBC: What Wireless Listeners Learned
Richard Dimbleby’s account of what he witnessed at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 has become infamous in Britain. Less well known is the work of two other BBC employees who made radio programmes about Belsen shortly after the camp’s liberation.