Child Voters
In the politically chaotic decades before true universal suffrage, some infants found a way to vote in British elections.
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In the Eye of the Voter
How presidential images show us that in politics, as in entertainment, appearances matter.
Disraeli or Churchill?
Boris Johnson is facing a national crisis like few other prime ministers. Which of his predecessors will he draw comparisons with?
On the Home Front
A lively, privileged group of young intellectuals grew ever more alarmed by the crises that struck Britain in the mid-1740s.
Still Fighting the Civil Wars
The uneasy balance between rulers and counsellors has been a feature of British politics for centuries.
The Rights of France
Since the late 19th century, French politics has provided a testing ground for right-wing populism.
The Foundations of Liberia
Supported by both slaveholders and abolitionists for different reasons, the founding of Liberia is a history of the near impossible. Perhaps its greatest feat was survival.
Divided Loyalties in the Medieval World
To whom should one pledge fealty? Lord, king, brother or nation?
The End of British Communism
It was not the Nazi-Soviet Pact, but the ‘Party line’, which brought an end to the era of ‘fellow travellers’, 80 years ago.
A Second British Revolution
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?