Rodin’s Bronze Awakening in London
Charlie Cottrell previews the result of an international collaboration that brings the works of Rodin to the Royal Academy.
Britain
The Expansion and Contraction of the British Empire, c.1870-1980
Jonathan Colman provides an overview of modern British Imperial History, introducing the key events and issues that students need to understand.
Harold Wilson: A Reappraisal
Ian Cawood charts the changing reputation of a key figure in the postwar Labour Party.
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.