Passing the Torch
Michael Dunne reflects on past US presidential Inaugurals, and the words which still resonate.
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Edward Heath
Robert Pearce attempts to put the Prime Minister of 1970-74 into historical perspective.
‘U-turn if you want to…’
Mark Rathbone analyses the causes and consequences of sudden changes of policy in nineteenth-century British politics.
The Ambassador, the Grand Duke, his Wife and her Lover
What was the nature of the clandestine correspondence between the future Catherine the Great and the British ambassador to St Petersburg?
Solving Stonehenge
Anthony Johnson argues that an accurate interpretation of the great monument rests in the sophisticated geometric principles employed by its Neolithic surveyors.
Selma and Civil Rights
Mark Rathbone examines the importance of one Alabama town’s contribution to the civil rights movement.
Anglo-Saxon England and the Meaning of Britain
What did Britain and the Britons mean to the Anglo-Saxons, and what did it mean to be their ruler?
Charles Lindbergh: Aviation’s Unlikely Environmentalist
A figurehead for progress before his political disgrace, in later life Lindberg became concerned about the impact of technology on the environment.
Leaving Burma Behind
Burma became independent in 1948. Ben Morris asks if Britain could have done more for this unhappy country.
The Betrayal of Ramsay MacDonald
From 1931 it looked as though Britain’s first Labour prime minister would be its last. Is it time to reappraise the political reputation of Ramsay MacDonald?