Cultural

Kenneth J. Baird examines change and continuity in 19th-century British social history.

A celebratory history which challenges cultural stereotypes and fashionable academic assumptions.

On Feb 4, 2002, the Women's Library opens in an extraordinary new building in Aldgate East in London. The new library is a place for people to debate and explore what the future holds for women.

Francis Murphy challenges the idea that science was religion’s foremost enemy, in this winning essay in the 2001 Julia Wood Award.

Russel Tarr asks key questions about the religious radicals of the 16th century.

Christine Lalumia sees the 1840s as the key moment in the creation of the modern celebration of Christmas.

Roy Porter opens our new series on Picturing History, based on a series of lectures organised in conjunction with Reaktion Books, and shows how 18th-century images of the medical profession flow over into the work of political caricaturists.

Richard Monte presents the forthcoming Polish film adaptation of Quo Vadis.

Robin Evans shows that the neglect of the history of Wales, and of other small nations, impoverishes our historical understanding.