Britain

Graham Goodlad assesses the conduct of British foreign policy in the era of the Congress system.

York Membery looks back to the crunch 1920s election which saw the party of Gladstone narrowly pushed into third place – a position from which it has never recovered.

Frances Borzello seeks to explain the rise of women’s clubs in London before the First World War – and their equally swift demise.

At the end of the First World War, the British monarchy sought to strengthen bonds across the English-speaking world. Frank Prochaska discusses the ambassadorial role played by Edward, Prince of Wales, in the United States.

Mark Bryant examines the wartime work of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of the famous ‘Old Bill’ character.

Richard Wilkinson recreates the contest that marked, and marred, the British war effort in 1914-18.

Graham Goodlad reviews the controversial career of William Pitt the Elder, whose ascendancy coincided with Britain’s involvement in the Seven Years’ War.

Mark Rathbone analyses the causes and consequences of sudden changes of policy in nineteenth-century British politics.

Asa Briggs, author of the monumental five-volume history of the BBC, talks to David Hendy about his thirty-seven year engagement with the story of British broadcasting.

What was the nature of the clandestine correspondence between the future Catherine the Great and the British ambassador to St Petersburg?