Churchill and his War Rivals
David Day argues that deft footwork, personal PR and skilful use of both patronage and rhetoric were key elements in sustaining Britain's wartime PM in a position intrinsically far weaker than has often been supposed.
History Today
Brendan Bracken, Founding Father
Robin Bruce Lockhart, 'midwife's assistant' at the birth of History Today, contributes some personal recollections of the magazine's mercurial and larger-than-life founder.
Thomas Carlyle and the London Library
Michael Foot celebrates the anniversary of the London Library with a tribute to its founder, Thomas Carlyle.
Breaking the Ice
Elizabethans in the Arctic
Remembrance of Norway
Ragnhild Hatton on her memories - and the perspective of other historians - on Wartime Norway.
The Folly Fellowship
Richard Cavendish visits an organisation devoted to architectural treats.
Women, Food and Politics 1880 - 1930
'The bread and butter of life' - Martin Pugh traces how the increasing electoral importance of food and domestic issues in Britain helped to entrench women in the mainstream of political life.
The Emperor Joseph II
Sir Nicholas Henderson on a misunderstood Enlightenment ruler.
Prisoners in the English Civil War
Barbara Donagan discusses the variable treatment of captives by captors between Crown and Parliament and what light it sheds on the manners and mores of the times.