Godfrey Hodgson tells the colourful story of Jane McManus, political journalist, land speculator, pioneer settler in Texas and propagandist who believed that the United States had a ‘manifest destiny’ to rule Mexico and the Caribbean.
Retha Warnicke pays tribute to one of the first historical advisors to History Review.
T.A. Jenkins reviews the life and legacy of Benjamin Disraeli, statesman, novelist and man-about-town, on the bicentenary of his birth.
Arthur Marwick reveals how beauty moved from being enticing and dangerous to being enticing and all-powerful.
Anthony Fyson reads a letter from his great-grandfather, who as a young man was caught up in the Eureka Stockade, where gold-miners in Ballarat, Victoria, famously clashed with state troops, 150 years ago this month.
Was Margaret Thatcher’s government close to defeat during the dark days of the miners’ strike of 1984-85?
On November 1st, 1954, an insurrection broke out in Algeria.
Edward Falshaw completes his survey of questions on contemporary Britain.
Stephen Cullen reassesses the role of ‘Dad’s Army’.
Ben Kiernan points out the progress, and difficulties, in recovering history and justice after genocide.
