The Rise and Fall of Empires
Harold Perkin discusses the role of the extraction and distribution of surplus production in historical change, from Ancient Egypt to the 21st century.
Empire
Slavery and the British
James Walvin reviews current ideas about the vast network of slavery that shaped British and world history for more than two centuries.
Barbados: British Empire in Miniature
Graham Norton introduces the complex colonial history of the Caribbean island.
Destroyers and Preservers - Big Game in the Victorian Empire
Continuing our History and the Environment series, Harriet Ritvo looks at the role of big-game hunting in spreading awareness of the need for conservation
The Origins and Development of Irish Republicanism
Peter Neville surveys the growth of republicanism in Ireland to the present day.
The Ottomans in Europe
Geoffrey Woodward assesses how great an impact the Turks had on sixteenth-century Europe.
Mr Gladstone and Ireland
Michael Morrogh explains why Gladstone took up the cause of Irish home rule and why his policies failed so tragically.
Set in Stone: Victoria's Monuments in India
Mary Ann Steggles recalls the circumstances of the many monuments to Queen Victoria that were erected in India, and traces their fate.
Lebensraum - Policy or Propaganda?
What did Hitler mean by Lebensraum? Did he attempt to translate theory into reality? Martyn Housden 'unpacks' the term and puts it into historical context.
400 years of the East India Company
Huw V. Bowen asks whether the East India Company was one of the ‘most powerful engines’ of state and empire in British history.