England

Jane Austen Through the Ages

Today Jane Austen is regarded as one of the greats of English literature. But it was not always so. Amanda Vickery describes the changing nature of Austen’s reception in the two centuries since her birth.

'Never Again the Bosche'

King George V and Kaiser Wilhelm II pose together in 1912. However, the Kaiser had mixed feelings towards Britain and the First World War broke out two years later.

Alfred the Great

Russ Foster asks whether the legend of the heroic king is simply too good to be true.