Streamlining Shopping
Louise Curth, Gareth Shaw and Andrew Alexander explain how the British supermarket was born.
History Today
State Opening of the New Houses of Parliament
Twelve years after the first stone of the new building was laid, the state opening of the new Houses of Parliament took place on November 11th, 1852.
Boniface VIII’s Bull Unam Sanctam
Pope Boniface VIII issued the papal bull Unam Sanctam, the most famous papal document of the Middle Ages, on November 18th, 1302.
The Fabrication of Madame de Pompadour
Colin Jones discusses the art and artifice of the leading mistress of Louis XV.
The Lost City of Cambay
Anubha Charan reports on the latest findings from the Gulf of Cambay.
The 1542 Inventory of the Palace of Westminster
Entries describing the objects kept and used in the principal rooms of Henry VIII’s household.
The Search for the Real 007
Andrew Cook relates the story of Sidney Reilly - the inspiration behind James Bond.
400 Years of the Bodleian Library
Celebrating the library and the University of Oxford’s greatest benefactor.
Gustav Stresemann: Weimar’s Greatest Statesman?
Gustav Stresemann was at the heart of government until he died in 1929. Had he lived, could he have steered Germany safely through the Weimar era?
Wallace and Bruce: Scotland’s Uneasy Heroes
Was Bruce as patriotic or as harmonious in his relationship with Wallace as the view of historical romance has handed down? Andrew Fisher investigates the meaning of patriotism in 14th-century Scotland and suggests the tradition needs revising.