Divided Loyalties in the Medieval World
To whom should one pledge fealty? Lord, king, brother or nation?
To whom should one pledge fealty? Lord, king, brother or nation?
It was not the Nazi-Soviet Pact, but the ‘Party line’, which brought an end to the era of ‘fellow travellers’, 80 years ago.
Over the last 30 years, the UK’s political class has swapped ideology for values and sleepwalked into major constitutional and political change. What can it learn from the last time it faced a crisis of such magnitude?
The little-known republic was a short-lived experiment in constitutional democracy.
A remarkable political career suggests that social mobility is of benefit to us all.
A 19th-century tale of sex, royalty and corruption which inspired scores of satirists and even the makers of curiosity mugs.
Commemoration of Peterloo remembers the dead, but also promotes future democratic change.
Liberalism became the dominant ideology of the West when it was adopted by Britain and the United States. But its roots lie elsewhere.
It is the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. How have the events of that day been remembered?
Assessing Margaret Thatcher’s premiership: a radical decade and a divisive legacy.