Britain

Robert Pearce looks at a turning point in the history of mentalities, when the way Britons perceived themselves and others changed forever.

Jeremy Black passes judgement on British foreign policy 1688-1815.

Ann Hills investigates a new online database of all English Heritage historic wall paintings.

John Derry exposes popular myths about a misunderstood statesman.  

Since the 1860s Women's History has sought to recapture the experiences of a previously submerged half of the population. Sarah Newman looks to the feminist struggle to overcome prejudice and win the most basic right of all.

Frank McDonough reviews the debate over Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy.

Lesley Hall looks at sexuality as a recent recruit to historical studies – and at more than a century of argument and evasion

Richard Cavendish trawls through the exhibits to examine the legacy of the city's whaling and fishing industry.

He marketed himself as a man of principle - a public image of which David Eastwood exposes the inaccuracy.

David Nash considers a cause celebre that tested tensions between pious tradition and a 'progressive' age.