Lincoln Green
Sir Patrick Cormack, long serving Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire and a passionate advocate of heritage and history, recalls his youthful affection for the churches of his native county.
Sir Patrick Cormack, long serving Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire and a passionate advocate of heritage and history, recalls his youthful affection for the churches of his native county.
Sheila O’Connell describes one of the key events in the British Museum’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
In researching his ground-breaking new portrait of the man who commanded the Soviet defence to Hitler, Albert Axell spent time in Russia, interviewing people close to Zhukov including his two eldest daughters.
Edgar Vincent analyses the spectacularly successful, and surprisingly modern, leadership strategy of Horatio Nelson.
Marius Kwint reveals long-standing connections between the military and thespian worlds.
The founder of Methodism was born on 17 June 1703.
Richard Cavendish describes the Battle of Civitate, fought by the Normans and a papal coalition on June 18th, 1053.
Anthony Reid traces some surprising precedents for the many recent women rulers in South and Southeast Asia.
Philip Mansel explores the City of the Sultans from 1453 onwards, and finds it characterised by a vibrant multi-culturalism until the Ottoman demise of 1922.
Bill Rolston describes the impact of an erstwhile slave, who toured the Emerald Isle speaking out against slavery in 1845.