Britain

Robert D. Storch argues that the state of policing before Peel was not always as bad as the reformers liked to claim.

Ben Gray analyses the career and estimates the importance of the trade union leader who organised the Great Dockers' Strike of 1889.

William D. Rubinstein takes issue with the argument that Britain could have done more to prevent the Holocaust.

In assessing Britain's performance during 13 years of Conservative rule, Dilwyn Porter picks out the two themes which have dominated British history since the Second World War.

In an inimitable review of the last 160 years of party politics, Richard Kelley argues that the Conservative party is like a marriage that has gone wrong.

Owen Davies argues that a widespread belief in witchcraft persisted through 19th-century Britain, despite the scepticism engendered by the Enlightenment.

A.D. Harvey looks back a hundred years to the birth of modern local government in London - the launch-pad for many national political careers.

Denise Silvester-Carr looks at Art Deco places of interest in Britain.

David Chandler tells how Napoleon’s first battle with the British saved the vital port of Toulon – and opened the door to a glittering military career.

Brian Golding looks at life under the Norman Yoke during the consolidating reign of Henry I.