Political

The Duke of Orleans was assassinated on November 23rd, 1407.

From 1931 it looked as though Britain’s first Labour prime minister would be its last. Is it time to reappraise the political reputation of Ramsay MacDonald?

Kenneth Baker discusses the many facets of King George and shows how these were depicted by the great caricaturists of the day.

Why is the sordid murder of Horst Wessel, a young Nazi storm troop leader in Berlin in early 1930, so important? Nigel Jones recalls his death and the black legend that sprang from it.

T.G. Otte goes to the heart of Whitehall to explore the origins and future of an important government archive which is becoming far more accessible to historians.

Janet Copeland focuses on an important figure in the emancipation of British women.

F.G. Stapleton highlights the key role played by the Italian King in the Rise of Mussolini.

Did it matter that the fifth Tudor monarch was a woman rather than a man? Retha Warnicke investigates.

Robert Pearce attempts to probe the nature of the 1918-22 Coalition.

India cast off the monarchy in 1950, but the Nehru-Gandhi family have become republican royalty. How did one dynasty take centre stage in the world’s largest democracy?