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Marius Ostrowski explains why the Church was so dominant in the Middle ages, but also sees traces of a growing secularism.

George Bernard Shaw influenced the Abdication Crisis with a short play that has been forgotten in the last seventy years. 

While Hezbollah often hits the headlines, its history is less familiar. The emergence of Shia militancy in Lebanon was centuries in the making.

Sylvia Pankhurst was taken to the women's jail at Holloway on October 24th, 1906.

Graham Noble examines the origins and traces the consequences of the notorious Edict of 1492.

Michael Broers argues that the influence of Napoleon’s Empire was out of all proportion to its duration.

Graham Goodlad examines the management of public opinion by British governments between the French Revolutionary conflict and the Great War.

Viv Sanders puts an inspiring figure, and an important event, into historical perspective.

Margaret Walsh tracks down an attempt to link the appeal of the greyhound with the brand values of a famous American company.

Mike Huggins revisits the early years of British greyhound racing, the smart modern sports craze of interwar Britain.