Geoff Quilley shows how the work of Hodges, official artist on Cook’s second voyage and subject of a major exhibition opening this month at the National Maritime Museum, sheds light on perceptions of the British Empire.
The world's longest railway was completed on 21 July 1904.
Alexander Wilkinson considers what the French made of the controversial royal who played a pivotal role in the French wars of religion, both as Queen of Scots and Queen of France.
Robert Hume investigates the first major railway disaster in Britain, which took the lives of over thirty people in a collision in North Wales.
The Republican Party was founded on July 6th, 1854.
Paul Cartledge goes in search of the elusive personality of the world’s greatest hero.
The Scottish king fought Malcolm Canmore on 27 July 1054.
B.J. Copeland and Diane Proudfoot recall the contribution to the war effort in 1939-45 of the British computer scientist.
Richard English argues that historians have a practical and constructive role to play in today’s Ulster.
Matthew Stewart traces the roots of the Greco-Turkish war of 1921-22, and the consequent refugee crisis, to the postwar settlements of 1919-20.
