Linley Sambourne House
Kit Wedd visits the Kensington home of artist Edward Linley Sambourne.
Europe
Appeasement at A Level
A profile of the issues raised by A level questions on this history topic.
The Bismarck Debate
Bruce Waller looks at recent debate about modern Germany's greatest statesman.
‘Suicide’ of Jan Masaryk
Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of a very suspicious death, on March 10th, 1948
Poland-Lithuania, Russia and Peter the Great
Robert Frost reveals a neglected influence on his reforms.
Return of the Super Cinema
Barry Doyle compares today's multiplex cinemas with the picture palaces of pre-war Britain.
Napoleon’s Impact on International Relations
Jeremy Black tells how the delicate system of international relations and ancien regime diplomacy was shattered by the Emperor’s arrogance and refusal to play by the rules.
The Empire Behind the Lines
Michael Broers explores the measures and restrictions imposed by Napoleon on his many subjects and how, within the boundaries of the Empire, they responded to his rule.
Napoleon and Europe
The Spirit of the Age or The Scourge of Nations? Jeremy Black sets the scene for our major series on the impact of Napoleon on Europe.
Napoleon: The Myth
A.D. Harvey looks at the enduring myth surrounding one of history’s ‘Great Men’, and how he dominated the nineteenth-century imagination outside France.