How Free are We? Liberty in Britain
As a major conference on the nature of liberty opens, David Marquand questions the free and democratic legacy that British history has bequeathed to the country and citizens of today.
Political
The Long Road to Equality for African-Americans
John Kirk charts the progress of the civil rights movement through its most prominent body, the NAACP.
Passing the Torch
Michael Dunne reflects on past US presidential Inaugurals, and the words which still resonate.
Vietnamese take Phnom Penh
Vietnamese troops faced little resistance when they entered Cambodia's capital on January 7th, 1979.
The Spartacist Uprising in Berlin
A power struggle in postwar Germany erupted on January 5th, 1919.
Edward Heath
Robert Pearce attempts to put the Prime Minister of 1970-74 into historical perspective.
Piedmont in the 1850s
Mark Rathbone asks why the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia emerged in the 1850s as the likely unifier of Italy.
From Castlereagh to Canning: Continuity and Change in British Foreign Policy
Graham Goodlad assesses the conduct of British foreign policy in the era of the Congress system.
Tojo Hideki Executed
The head of Japan's Second World War government was executed on Dec 23rd, 1948
The Liberals' Last Hurrah
York Membery looks back to the crunch 1920s election which saw the party of Gladstone narrowly pushed into third place – a position from which it has never recovered.