The Revolution in South African Historiography
Iain R. Smith looks at the changes in the study of South Africa's past.
History Today
A New Heaven: Galileo and the Artists
Margaret M. Byard investigates the intriguing links between the astronomical discoveries of Galileo and the paintings of his Italian contemporaries.
Loosening the Bonds - Britain, Australia and the Second World War
'A painful lesson in international politics' - Anglo-Australian relations in the Second World War revealed the rhetoric of Empire not matched by a British commitment to Australia's defence.
Crime in Tudor and Stuart England
Timothy Curtis and J.A. Sharpe delve into the country's criminal past.
'The Light that Failed' - Australia and the Vietnam War
Glen Barclay considers how far Australian intervention in Vietnam marked a watershed in the country's willingness to send its troops abroad to fight for distant but powerful allies.
The English and Aborigines: The First Contacts
The first, uneasy, relationships between Europeans and Aborigines soon began to turn into outright hostilities, despite the well-meaning efforts of several Europeans.
The Countryside's Hidden Past
A new report on how to conserve existing ancient sites in Britain
A Jacobite Vademecum
The routes and reasons of historical pilgrims