England

Pawn of elder statesmen or, as Matthew Christmas argues, another Henry VIII in the making?

Richard Wilkinson argues that Cromwell had what it took to rule Britain but failed to achieve his own idealistic programme.

Greg Walker challenges the view that court intrigue, favourites, 'new men' and new manners took root under the Tudor monarch.

Richard Cavendish explores a quantity of bygones in the museum of social history.

Richard Cavendish visits one of the most evocative regimental museums in the country.

Elizabeth van Houts reconstructs memories of occupation (with echoes of the 1940s) from post-Norman conquest chronicles.

Richard Cavendish unthreads the history of this Worcestershire museum.

Phillip Drennon Thomas on how Henry III's elephant started the ball rolling for one of London's earliest visitor attractions. 

John Cummins uses the 400th anniversary of Sir Francis Drake's death to reassess the man, his life and the legends surrounding him.