Edwardian Britain
An introduction to this month's special feature on Edwardian Britain, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Historical Association.
History Today
The Churches at the Cross-Roads
Keith Robbins considers the plurality of the Edwardian church, its relations with the state, and its responses to social change.
Saints and Soul-Caking
Maggie Black takes a look at the seasonal celebration of All Saints and serves up a Hallowe'en recipe.
Decline and Fall of a Monument: Temple Bar
John Robinson looks at the sorry state of a London monument
Preserves and Their Uses
Maggie Black continues her cultural history of food with a look at preserves.
Was Disraeli a Failure?
John Vincent asks a key question of the Conservative politician.
The Iwakura Mission in Britain, 1872
W.G. Beasley continues our special feature on Japan: The Closed Country, with a look at the late 19th century Japanese diplomatic mission to the west.
War and the Past
Richard Holmes continues our series with a look at the Problems of Military Biography.
The Nijō Castle, Kyoto
The Shoguns’ castle in the Imperial City.
Acton, Conscience and the Modern Nation
Irene Coltman Brown argues that Lord Acton foresaw that the course of modern nationalism, no longer subject to moral law, 'will be marked with material as well as moral ruin'.