Hashude - An Experiment in Nazi 'Asocial' Policy
Half-way to the concentration camps? Lisa Pine uncovers a little-known project from 1930s Germany used as a last-chance option for 'asocials' who fell foul of the Nazi regime.
History Today
Wings
Michael Paris looks at pioneering 1920s film about war in the air over the Western Front, the passions it aroused and the genre it created.
On The Waterfront
Brian Neve discusses what the film that made Marlon Brando a fifties icon has to tell us about American society and politics in the McCarthy era.
The Strange Case of Paisios Ligarides
Philip Longworth looks at a religious adventurer who ended up reviled as a double agent in 17th-century Europe.
Rule Britannia? History Painting in 18th-Century Britain
Brian Allen looks at how contemporary military and political aspirations and events inspired – or failed to inspire the artists of mid-Georgian Britain.
Dragons in Sheep's Clothing
Michael Leech investigates the restoration of one of Norwich's most ancient buildings, Dragon Hall.
Dollars and Dim Sum: Merchandising Chinese History
Kate Lowe and Eugene McLaughlin investigate the latest chain of tourist attractions in a multi million dollar Chinese theme park.
Westminster's Roman Candle
Centenary celebrations of the building of Westminster Cathedral
The Shoe Museum
Richard Cavendish reflects on the growth of the Clark's shoe industry.
Girls Growing Up In Later Medieval England
Teenage pregnancy and street gossip – but also lessons in housekeeping and good husbandry. Jeremy Goldberg draws on contemporary documents to assess the pluses and minuses of entering adulthood as a woman in the late Middle Ages.