Garibaldi came to England on a brief visit in 1864 and provided inspiration and a battle-cry for English radicalism. Yet in the 100 years since his death, argues John A. Davis, his image has mellowed into that of a liberal hero.
Robert Frost provides a brief overview of four key Polish characters.
Of varying meaning, the Hindi or Mahratti term is used in Anglophone countries around the world.
In 1940 India was vital to British interests, explains Robert Mason, but it was to prove a delicate political matter to find a suitable viceroy to look after those interests.
It was not only for Wordsworth that Thomas Chatterton was a ‘marvellous Boy’, for the image of his death became a potent and much-used symbol of romanticism and alienation in Victorian England.
Norman Davis explains how Poland's geography has been the villain of her history.
David Starkey looks at the early Tudor period.
Paul Preston looks at the historiography of the Spanish Civil War.
Was power really devolved to Scotland in 1660, asks John Patrick, when the restoration of Charles II led to the recreation of separate Scottish institutions?
Norman Davies finds that Poland is a repository of ideas and values which can outlast any number of military and political catastrophies.
