For England, See Wales
Robin Evans shows that the neglect of the history of Wales, and of other small nations, impoverishes our historical understanding.
Britain
The British General Election, 1945
Paul Adelman explains a major turning point in modern British history.
The Origins and Development of Irish Republicanism
Peter Neville surveys the growth of republicanism in Ireland to the present day.
Gladstone and Disraeli
Simon Lemieux provides guidance on essays comparing the performance of the two adversaries in Victorian Britain.
The Mad-House Keepers of East London
Elaine Murphy looks at the two families who dominated the private provision of care for the insane in London in the early 19th century.
The Discovery of Second Sight in Late 17th-Century Scotland
Michael Hunter tells how a mysterious phenomenon in the Highlands sparked a debate between scientific virtuosi and urban sceptics, in an episode that helps shed light on the vexed issue of ‘the decline of magic’.
Britannia Roused: Political caricature and the fall of the Fox-North coalition
David Johnson looks at the art of Sayers and Gillray and the role of pictorial satire in the destruction of a government.
The Museum of British Pewter
David Moulson looks at the history of pewter, as a new dedicated museum opens in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Film in Context: The Third Man
Siegfried Beer looks at the links between The Third Man and British intelligence.
Britain in 1950
Roland Quinault looks at the state of the islands immediately following the Second World War.