Arresting a Diplomat, 1717
Recent events have provoked disquiet about the concept of diplomatic immunity: in the early eighteenth century, the British government was considerably less fastidious in its definition.
Volume 35 Issue 1 January 1985
Blowing away the shadow of Sodom
Ronald Hutton on erotica and morality through history
Lilith or Inanna: What difference does it make?
Stephen Trombley on the study of language and ancient texts.
On Publishing Diaries
Kathleen Burk discusses the publishing of history books.
Refracted Images
Douglas Johnson on a French village’s attempts to honour its local history.
View from across the Atlantic
David Cannadine on the changing nature of British history in the US
Mourning Dress, a costume and social history
A lively study of a potentially dispiriting subject.
History and Telling Stories: Graham Swift's 'Waterland'
John Brewer and Stella Tillyard evaluate a book both historical and fictional.
What is Political History?
In the continuing series 'What is...history?' eight historians define political history - an area sometimes regarded as 'narrow', 'elitist' or simply 'dull', but now enjoying a recrudescence.