In Poll Position
Peter Catterall dives into the history of the alphabet soup in which electoral reform has become enmired.
History Today
Light Relief and the Golden Age
Loyd Grossman explains how a gifted teacher from Maine inspired his love of the past, and encouraged him to plunge his hands into a mixing bowl of Plaster of Paris.
Prime Time at Greenwich
Tony Aldous on the changes afoot for a historic area of south London in Millennium Year and beyond.
Van Dyck and his Patrons
Toby Osborne looks back over the career of Van Dyck, on the 400th anniversary of his death.
War Charity Begins at Home
Simon Fowler describes the huge upsurge in charity work in Britain in the First World War, concluding that it was an important way of uniting the nation behind the war effort.
The Treaty of Basel
An end to the Swabian War was reached on 22 September 1499.
Lawrence Stone
C.S.L. Davies writes an obituary of the social historian.
Folly and Failure in the Balkans
The sorry history of ethnic conflict in the Balkans, concluding that forgeign intervention has needlessly fanned the flames of nationalism.
Richard II: Author of his own Downfall?
Nigel Saul explores the deposition of Richard II, arguing that the king’s malice and misrule forced Henry Bolingbroke to destroy him.
The Second World War in Colour
Stewart Binns introduces the new series which uses colour film footage found of the conflict.