Medmenham: Spying from the Sky
Taylor Downing tells the story of the Central Interpretation Unit at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, where the RAF’s aerial photo interpreters played a critical role in Britain’s wartime struggle.
Britain
Castlereagh: Enlightened Conservative
Few figures in British political history have endured such lingering hostility as the statesman who did so much to forge Europe’s post-Napoleonic settlement, says John Bew.
Mass Observing The British
Dorothy Sherindan, the Archivist of Mass-Observation at the University of Sussex, traces its development - and revival in the 1980s.
British Policing: Bobbies Abroad
The standing of Britain’s police forces may be in decline at home, yet their insights into policing methods and practices are still sought eagerly elsewhere, according to Clive Emsley and Georgina Sinclair.
Pitt the Elder resigns
One of the architects of the British Empire resigned on 5 October 1761.
Harold Macmillan
D.R. Thorpe, Macmillan's new biographer, evokes the memory of 'Supermac'.
Shire Living Histories
Richard Wilkinson finds much to enjoy in the opening volumes of a comprehensive new series on British social history.
Mass Media, Popular Culture and Social Change in Britain since 1945
Robert Pearce has been pleasantly surprised at the quality of a new textbook.
Gandhi, Non-Violence and Indian Independence
The legend of Mahatma Gandhi places his non-violent Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, and Quit India movements at the heart of India’s independence. There's more to the story.
By Domination or by Default?
Simon Lemiuex asks why the Unionists dominated British politics between 1886 and 1906.