Orwell Now
Robert Pearce gives us a view of George Orwell for the 1990s
History Today
The Union Lincoln Made
Joshua Kleinfeld explores Lincoln’s attitudes towards the constitution and civil liberty during the Civil War, and finds their impact still reverberating in the US today.
Death of Felix Mendelssohn
The prolific composer died on 4 November, 1847.
Images of a Dead Queen
‘There was such a generall sighing and groning, and weeping, and the like hath not beene seene or knowne in the memorie of man’: visual images of the death of Elizabeth I played a key role in her funeral and in creating the ensuing cult of Gloriana.
Birth of William Hogarth
The artist was born in London on November 10th, 1697.
Maiden Flight of the 'Spruce Goose'
Ian Fitzgerald describes the maiden flight of the 'Spruce Goose', the largest seaplane ever built, on November 2nd, 1947.
Back in the USSR
The Soviet Union is now history but what do the ordinary people who lived through its last decades remember about it and what verdict do they give? Per Manson presents an intriguing insight.
East Enders' Hidden History
Tony Aldous discovers a secret pocket of historic mills and warehouses in the Bow Creek area of London.
Sidney Webb, Fabian Intellectual and Reformer, Dies
October 13th, 1947
Byronism Undermined
Angela Morgan highlights the new threat to Newstead Abbey, Byron's former home.