Political

Making Modern Libya

Todd Thompson describes how the relationship between a Christian missionary, nicknamed ‘Anderson of Arabia’, and a Muslim religious leader from the Italian-controlled region of Cyrenaica played a major role in the creation of modern Libya after 1945.

Birth of John Bright

The leading Victorian radical and Liberal politician John Bright was born on November 16th 1811.

Castlereagh: Enlightened Conservative

Few figures in British political history have endured such lingering hostility as the statesman who did so much to forge Europe’s post-Napoleonic settlement, says John Bew.