Britain

Portrait of Britain: AD 1200

Emma Mason argues that rising population brought a surprising degree of movement, politically, geographically and socially.

The Relief of Mafeking

Richard Cavendish describes the relief of Mafeking, following a seven-month siege, on May 16th/17th, 1900.

The Victorian Slaughter of the Innocents

Why did infant mortality rates remain so high in the last quarter of the 19th century, when general death rates experienced a steady decline? Phil Chapple investigates.

Portrait of Britain: AD 1000

Ann Williams describes the state of the island at a time when Anglo-Saxon culture was reaching its peak, while also politically challenged by the Vikings.

Portrait of Britain: AD 500

James Campbell peers into the murk of the ‘Dark Ages’ and sifts truth from fiction about our post-Roman history.

Low and Churchill

Timothy Benson analyses the evolution of the love-hate relationship between Britain's greatest cartoonist and the outstanding politician of the age.