History Today

The History of Deforestation

Michael Williams continues our series on History and the Environment by considering how long humans have been making ever-growing inroads into forests.

The Mortgage Strikes

Andrew McCulloch draws attention to an important omission from a recent television reconstruction on 1940s London

The Act of Settlement

Richard Cavendish explains how the Act of Settlement, signed by William III on June 12th, 1701, brought the Hanoverian dynasty to the throne.