Political

Graham Goodlad reviews the controversial career of William Pitt the Elder, whose ascendancy coincided with Britain’s involvement in the Seven Years’ War.

John Spiller assesses James I’s impact on the Puritans and the Puritans’ impact on James I.

Mark Rathbone analyses the causes and consequences of sudden changes of policy in nineteenth-century British politics.

Jeremy Isaacs, the producer of The World at War and Cold War, reviews the changing nature of historical documentaries made for the small screen, and their reception by academics.

Richard Cavendish charts the events leading up to King Zog I's coronation on September 1st, 1928.

Asya Chorley describes the relationship between China, Britain and Tibet in the early twentieth century, and shares the unique experiences of the first European women to be invited to Lhasa by the XIII Dalai Lama.

Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered on July 17th, 1918.

Kennedy was fatally shot on 5 June 1968, in Los Angeles, California. He died the following day.

Jim Downs says that the Democrats should blame history for the dilemma they face in having to choose between Clinton and Obama for this year’s presidential nomination.

Robert Gildea describes a new Europe-wide project to investigate the impact of 1968 and its sometimes bitter legacy.