Britain

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

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.

Curator Alex Werner marks the 25th anniversary of the Museum of London

Bruce Collins considers the mixture of adventurism, disaster, and lethal reprisal that marked British activities in Afghanistan under Victoria

Christine Lalumia sees the 1840s as the key moment in the creation of the modern celebration of Christmas.

The queen gave her last speech to Parliament on November 30th, 1601.

Jason Edwards takes a fresh look at attitudes to the nude in Victorian art, to coincide with Tate Britain's major exhibition on the subject opening this month.

Paul Brassley puts MAFF's policy towards Foot and Mouth Disease into historical perspective.

Roy Porter opens our new series on Picturing History, based on a series of lectures organised in conjunction with Reaktion Books, and shows how 18th-century images of the medical profession flow over into the work of political caricaturists.

Churchill became PM for a second time on October 26th, 1951, only a month away from his 77th birthday.