Spain's Other Olympics
Paul K. Martin with an eyewitness account of Barcelona's rival Olympics of 1936.
History Today
Stalin and the Communist Party in the 1920s
By the late 1920s, Stalin and the Soviet Union seemed on the road to totalitarianism. Did the system spawn a monster – or a monster the system?
Divorced, Beheaded, Died…
Roderick Phillips considers if marriages were ever made in heaven.
Idylls No More at Freshwater?
Ann Hills uncovers a shrine to Victorian photography under threat.
Kensal Green Cemetery
John Coutts delves into the undergrowth of Victorian life and death in North London.
Players Recreate the Style
A music hall reprise by Michael Leech
Tides of History? The Indian Ocean Societies
K.N. Chaudhuri concludes our series with an assessment of how valid a tool Marxism (and other -isms) is for interpreting pre-colonial societies in and around the Indian Ocean.
Dubrovnik's Bombed-Out Heritage
Ian Fitzgerald on an appeal aimed to save Croatia's historical past