Volume 52 Issue 5 May 2002

Andrew Roberts reintroduces us to Churchill’s long-delayed epic work, which was written with the assistance of a former editor of History Today.

Margaret Kekewich points to the value of prehistory at school as a key to national unity.

Anthony Farrington previews a new exhibition on Asia, Britain and the role of the East India Company.

Sarah Tyacke, Keeper of Public Records and Chief Executive of the Public Record Office, makes a personal record of her own abiding interest in history, maps and archives.

Deborah Mulhearn assesses the debates surrounding the clearance of 400 pre-1919 terraced house in Nelson, Lancashire.

Jeannette Lucraft recovers the identity and reputation of the remarkable Katherine Swynford.

Tony Aldous surveys a new exhibition on architect Frank Matcham and his work at the Richmond Theatre.

Daniel Snowman meets the historian of life and living in medieval Britain.

Ruth Ive describes how, as a young woman, her job was to interrupt the wartime conversations between Churchill and Roosevelt.