David Johnson
Publish or Be Damned
David Johnson describes the infamous Marriage Act of 1753, which made marriage a tightly-regulated institution governed by church and state.
Amiens 1802: The Phoney Peace
David Johnson reconsiders the nature of the peace treaty between Britain and France and the tarnished reputation of prime minister Addington.
Britannia Roused: Political caricature and the fall of the Fox-North coalition
David Johnson looks at the art of Sayers and Gillray and the role of pictorial satire in the destruction of a government.