Britain

Graham Goodlad surveys the career of one of the most controversial figures in late Victorian and Edwardian politics.

Robert Pearce argues that we should get better acquainted with the 'unknown prime minister'.

Anne Kershen looks at the background to a significant benchmark in British anti-immigration legislation.

Phil Reed, Director of the new Churchill Museum, gives a personal insight into the development of the new museum housed in the Cabinet War Rooms, which opens to the public this month.

Robert Carr traces developments in British policy between 1917 and 1956.

Robert Pearce seeks to provoke thought on the origins of a momentous election result.

Retha Warnicke pays tribute to one of the first historical advisors to History Review.

Howard Amos interrogates a key text on colonialism and assesses its influence.

T.A. Jenkins reviews the life and legacy of Benjamin Disraeli, statesman, novelist and man-about-town, on the bicentenary of his birth.

Adrian Mourby welcomes a new wave of opera houses around the world, and compares this with the previous surge in the late 19th century.