Volume 49 Issue 2 February 1999

Richard Cavendish explains the life and death of Henry IV's father, on February 3rd, 1399

Richard Cavendish recreates the scene of the famous Victorian Tory leader's accession, on February 22nd 1849.

Michael Bush explores the development of sex guides in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and their effect on British society.

Antonia Fraser recalls the girlhood awakening of a ‘sense of place’ that has continued to influence her methods as a historian.

J.E. Spence considers the interface between ideological and geopolitical factors in the struggle for supremacy in Southern Africa.