Britain

Ivan Roots applies the 'new British' perspective to the 1650s.

St Paul’s Cathedral was opened on 2 December 1697.

Gavin Weightman finds historical precedents for Britain’s response to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Michael Leech on the efforts to save and excavate the site of the original Globe Theatre in London.

‘Bedlam’ has become a by-word for a wild and crazy place, but what is the historical reality behind a distinguished London institution? 

Despite Britain’s commitment to appeasement, the 1939 Agreement of Mutual Assistance with Poland led London into the Second World War. What changed?

Blair has a hard act to follow, according to Robert Pearce's assessment of the architect of the previous Labour landslide in 1945.

M. Naeem Qureshi on a remnant of empire which has moved beyond being a mere repository of the Raj.

Partha Mitter looks at how tensions and cultural interchange between Indians and Britons are conveyed in the imagery of the colonial period.

John Plowright reconsiders a lost leader and the battle he won to maintain public order.