Political

In 44 BC, the greatest of dictators was slain. The question of how Julius Caesar meant to use his supreme power has ever since been disputed.

The Renaissance political figure died on 12 March 1507.

Christopher J. Walker asks whether the two religions that frequently appear locked in an inevitable clash of civilizations in fact share more than has often been thought.

This West African state was a focus of the slave trade for centuries, and the first African colony to win independence, exactly fifty years ago. Graham Gendall Norton finds lots of history to explore.

Robert Pearce highlights Giuseppe Mazzini’s role in the Risorgimento.

Robert Carr dissects a book frequently referred to but seldom read.

John Plowright examines the career of one of the key ministers in Attlee’s postwar governments.

Robert Pearce introduces the First Reform Act and asks why parliamentary reform succeeded in 1832 when earlier reform bills had failed.

Robin Evans examines the connections between language, culture and national identity in 19th-century Galicia.

The Berlin Wall was a tangible symbol of the suppression of human rights under communism. Was it more convenient to the West than their rhetoric suggested?