The Battle of Grunwald
The Teutonic Knights were defeated at the Battle of Grunwald, on July 15th, 1410.
Volume 60 Issue 7 July 2010
The Nature of Historical Research
The way the environment has been shaped and exploited is now a major field of historical study. A conference in London this month gathers leading experts in the field, writes Miles Taylor.
Louise de Bettignies: the pro-British ‘Joan of Arc’
Louise de Bettignies assisted the Allies in the Great War by establishing a vital information network in northern France. Patricia Stoughton recounts her extraordinary bravery.
House of Commons: Broad bottom politics
Coalition governments became common in 18th-century Britain, but tended to fail at times of crisis. Jeremy Black draws some parallels with the present day.
UK: A disunited kingdom
Jonathan Clark offers a historian’s perspective on what the recent general election might mean for Britain’s future political make up.
South Africa: Remembering Sharpeville
The killing of 69 black South Africans on March 21st, 1960 was a turning point: the world judged apartheid to be morally bankrupt and the political agitation that ensued would eventually overturn white supremacy.
First World War: When Enemies United
Before the First World War, Irish Unionists and Nationalists were poised to fight each other over the imposition of Home Rule by the British. Then, remarkably, they fought and died side by side, writes Richard S. Grayson.
Hollywood: Breaking the Sound Barrier
Mark Juddery looks at the historical backdrop to the much-loved 1950s Hollywood musical, Singin’ in the Rain in which Hollywood tells its own story of the arrival of sound to the big screen.