Britain

Peter Atkins finds that though we might be considering toll roads, the Victorians were glad to get rid of them.

'You are Monarchial No. 1 and value tradition, form and ceremony.' But was Clementine Churchill's encomium of her husband always reflected in Winston's personal relations with Britain's kings and queens over six decades? Philip Ziegler presents an account of a colourful but chequered relationship.

Peter Heehs describes how Hindu revivalism stiffened resistance to colonial rule in British India.

Robert Thorne discusses 19th-century London on show in Germany

Michael Leech on a Tudor revival in the East End

Peter Wickham surveys a little-known example of Modern Movement Architecture.

Ian Bradley looks at what qualified as family favourites in the last decade of the nineteenth century.

Ann Hills evaluates the recently-opened island museum.

Ronald Quinault wonders what Churchill would have made of Maastricht in the light of his post-war activities.