Harold Wilson: A Reappraisal
Ian Cawood charts the changing reputation of a key figure in the postwar Labour Party.
Britain
Henry VIII and Scotland
Gervase Phillips explains how and why Henry so badly mishandled his relations with the Scots.
British Governments, War and Society, 1793-1918
Graham Goodlad examines the management of public opinion by British governments between the French Revolutionary conflict and the Great War.
Pie in the Sky?
As Battle of Britain Day approaches Brian James has been finding out why some of today’s leading military historians argue that it was not the RAF but the Royal Navy that saved Britain in 1940.
A Very British Massacre
David Anderson, Huw Bennett and Daniel Branch believe that the Freedom of Information Act is being used to protect the perpetrators of a war crime that took place in Kenya fifty years ago.
Hold the Front Page
Mark Bryant describes how the Daily Mail nearly became the first national daily in Britain to feature large political cartoons on its front page, fifteen years before Dyson’s huge drawings appeared in the Daily Herald.
The General Strike
Martin Pugh revisits one of the most bitter disputes in history and assesses its impact on industrial relations and the wider political landscape of the twentieth century.
Going to the Dogs
Mike Huggins revisits the early years of British greyhound racing, the smart modern sports craze of interwar Britain.
Davitt – Land Warrior
Kevin Haddick Flynn looks back at the life and times of radical Michael Davitt as Ireland remembers the centenary of his death on May 31st.
The Art of Lèse Majesté
Monarchs claim to be surrounded by an aura of majesty. Cartoon historian Mark Bryant examines some famous incidents when a caricaturist’s pen punctured this aura and revealed the lack of a sense of humour in high places.