Europe

Max Beloff looks at what he (and other historians) got wrong (and right) about the future 50 years ago.

Anthony Gross traces the tenacious efforts of Henry VI's partisans to regain the throne from the House of York, and at a strange alliance that nearly paid off.

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

As discussion grows about defence post Cold War, Martin Dedman and Clive Fleay look at an abortive 1950s plan for a 'European Army'.

Peter Laslett discusses how the Continent's 'happy families' have changed dramatically since the War.

The life and times of Austria's grand old man, the Emperor Franz Joseph, via the Kaiservilla.

Miranda Vickers looks at the troubled history of Yugoslav-Albanian relations

Nancy Mitford takes a perceptive and ironic look at the reaction of 18th-century French 'society' to the Enlightenment's great philosophe.

Hugh Dunthorne on how bowls, billiards, skating and other pastimes shed light on the society and culture of the Dutch Golden Age.