The First WH Smith Railway Bookstall
Seeing the potential of the new technology, William Henry Smith opened his first railway bookstall on 1 November 1848.
History Today
David Cannadine
Daniel Snowman writes about the new Director of the Institute of Historical Research and author of books on aristocracy, class and the monarchy.
The Allies enter Damascus
October 1st, 1918
The Sherborne Missal: Creating a National Treasure
The British Library buys one of the most important manuscripts in England.
‘You Too Can Be Like Us’ - Selling The Marshall Plan
David Ellwood shows how the US fought for the people of Europe with an Americanised vision of their future.
The Historical Roots of New Labour
Kenneth O. Morgan finds that New Labour stands firmly in the mainstream of British political history.
Ecstasy in Late Imperial Rome
Dirk Bennett describes the crowded religious calendar of pagan Rome, and the spiritual market place in which Christianity had to fight for domination.
Images of a Man of Science
Patricia Fara investigates how the many paintings, prints and cartoons of Joseph Banks, botanist, explorer and scientific administrator, influenced public attitudes to science in the early 19th century.
Morris Minor Launch
The Morris Minor was launched at the British Motor Show of 1948, which opened at Earl's Court on October 27th.
Saints and Nazi Skeletons
A Jewish-born Carmelite nun murdered at Auschwitz and due to be canonised by the Pope in October, is claimed to have been betrayed to the Nazis by a high-ranking Benedictine monk.