Volume 35 Issue 12 December 1985

William's persistent determination to build an abbey on the exact site of his victory at Hastings underlines its importance as a symbol of the Norman Conquest.

Dai Smith, senior lecturer at University College, Cardiff, offers his thoughts.

Ronald Hutton on why it is a miracle for professional historians to publish books.

The legacy of empire brought nearly half a million blacks and Asians to Britain in the fifties in search of a better life.