'Little Mesters' Re-forged
The restoration of Sheffield’s famous cutlery industry and the historic Globe works
History Today
'Not Mere English': The British Perspective 1400-1650
Steven Ellis considers how the new history of early modern Britain is becoming less Anglocentric.
Festive Capers? Barring-Out the Schoolmaster
Rex Cathcart tells the tale of the strange Christmas and holiday custom that left teachers two or three hundred years ago risking life and limb.
Hunting for a Founding Father
The search for the tomb of Samuel de Champlain, the founder of New France
Last Thoughts From Oz
David Lowenthal explores Australian history
The Vikings on the Continent
Alfred the Great was not the only one to be beset by Norseman – Simon Coupland and Janet Nelson re-interpret their impact on the mainland of 9th-century Europe.
The Cromwell Association
Richard Cavendish visits an organisation dedicated to preserving the memory of Oliver Cromwell.
The Syrian Cuckoo: Rome and the Unconquered Sun
Running after foreign gods - Richard Stoneman explains how Rome's Syrian rival, the city of Palmyra, and her formidable queen Zenobia influenced the religion and mores of the later Empire - and brought us in the process Christmas Day.
Britain's Enchanted Monarchy
Tom Nairn looks at the role of the monarchy and its impact on British national identity.
The End of Roman Britain
Simon Esmonde Cleary considers a little-known anniversary - the death in 388 of an imperial usurper who became a link-man between the factual eclipse of Roman Britain and the legendary world of King Arthur.