'Scotching the Brut' - The Early History of Britain
Roger A. Mason on the myths and power of Scotland's line of kings
History Today
Reading History: Anglo-Saxon Kingship
Simon Keynes examines the variety of books on Anglo-Saxon rulers.
Forum
Roderick Floud puts the case for the Retention of Personal Records
What is Military History?
Eight historians discuss a subject which has strong claims to be regarded as the oldest form of history.
Refighting the Thirty Years’ War
Geoffrey Parker travels to Germany to revisit the sites of the 17th-century conflict that saw the decline of the Holy Roman Empire and Habsburgs.
Arms and the Victorian Policeman
The use of guns by the police is a continuing debate in British society, as it was in Victorian times.
Jacobinism Afloat - The Insurrection on the 'Lady Shore' in 1797
As the English convict ship 'Lady Shore' sailed towards Botany Bay her human cargo contained a number of Frenchmen politicised by eight years of Revolution in their homeland
Reading History: Italian Unification
John A. Davis discusses a range of books tackling the Risorgimento.
Cultural Encounter - Islam in Java
For the past 600 years the island of Java has been the scene for the encounter of the two major cultural and religious traditions of the world.
The Berlin West Africa Conference - A Timely Centenary?
John D. Hargreaves looks at the 1884 meeting of European nations and the impact on Africa.