Britain

The Women's Library

On Feb 4, 2002, the Women's Library opens in an extraordinary new building in Aldgate East in London. The new library is a place for people to debate and explore what the future holds for women.

Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Alliance

The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Alliance, the first between a European country and an Asiatic power against a Western rival, was signed on 30 January 1902.

Keir Hardie

Roger Spalding examines the continuing controversy that surrounds one of the key figures in the history of the Labour Party.

Reform and Revolution

John Spiller shows that, in constitution-making in the USA (1787-89), France (1789-92) and Great Britain (1830-32), some men were considered more equal than others.