Volume 45 Issue 3 March 1995

Johnathan Israel describes how the genius of the 17th-century Netherlands lay not just in painting but in a blazing a trail in civic pride and technological improvements for the rest of Europe.

Robert Stradling uncovers the tale of the Irishmen who went off to fight for the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War and the reaction they provoked, then and now.

Lisa Jardine speaks at the Longman/ History Today awards on Erasmus.

Richard Vinen reveiws the early career of the former French President.

Historians of the world unite at conference

Louise Stevenson argues that girls growing up in mid-19th-century America were far more intellectually forceful and streetwise than often given credit for.

Archaeological wonders in the Mediterranean

Penelope Corfield delights in the traditions and splendours of the Apothecaries Hall in the capital.

Penny Young on Turkey's equivalent to Hadrian's Wall