Lord Palmerston Becomes PM
Britain's new Prime Minister took office on February 5th, 1855.
History Today
The Invitation That Never Came: Mary Seacole After the Crimea
Helen Rappaport on Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale and the Post-Crimean War reputation of the woman recently voted ‘greatest black Briton’: Mary Seacole.
Burying the Bones of the Past
David Anderson looks at the contentious issues raised as Kenya comes to terms with the colonial past.
The Diet of Augsburg
The meetings of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire were held on 2 February 1555.
Indo-China and the French
How the South-East Asian peninsula had been shaped before French colonial rule.
Black Birds of Doom
Boria Sax finds modern myth-making at work in the apparently timeless legend of the ravens in the Tower.
Dear John
Bendor Grosvenor reveals for the first time a letter by Queen Victoria, which sheds light on the true nature of her relationship and feelings for her man-servant John Brown.
Not All That Again
Jonathan Conlin reads 1066 And All That, a book that served as a point of departure to so many people, seventy-five years after its first publication.
The Black Legend of the Dudleys
Derek Wilson explores the myths and truths about the famous family, whose fortunes were so closely connected to the Tudor dynasty.
Could France Have Gone Communist?
Martin Evans and Emmanuel Godin ask how close was France to becoming a Communist country in the years after the Second World War.