The Maritime Trust
Richard Cavendish discovers that old ships do not just die or fade away, thanks to the Maritime Trust.
History Today
Amsterdam and William III
Without the economic muscle of the Netherlands' largest city, William III would never have been able to stage Britain's 'Glorious Revolution' or urge European war against Louis XIV. But his relationship with Amsterdam's burghers was far from smooth, as Elizabeth Edwards outlines here.
Dickens and the Construction of Christmas
The best-loved of Britain's novelists penned a tale that struck a potent chord in the popular revival of the season of goodwill. Geoffrey Rowell explains its appeal and its powerful religious and social overtones.
Architects, Planners and the Classical City
Ray Laurence on how the myth of the classical urbs bewitched 20th-century town planners.
Maybe its Because I'm a Londoner
Richard Cavendish looks at an exhibition at the Museum of London on the diversity of the capital.
Charity's Pitfalls: The Senghenydd Disaster
John Benson on the lessons of charity from Britain's worst ever mining disaster
Eton's Great War Scandal
Andrew Robinson looks at the 1915 uproar about a speech on 'Christian Charity' towards Germany which cost the headmaster of Britain's most famous public school his job.
Fontainebleau
Charles Giry-Deloison looks for the realpolitik behind the Renaissance splendours of Francis I's Fontainbleau.
Oil Wells That End Well
Ian Fitzgerald delves into the century-old archives of BP in Warwickshire.