London's Olympics: Political Games
David Runciman compares the 2012 games with the London Olympics of 1908 and 1948 to see what they reveal about the changing relationship between politics and sport over the last century.
Edwardian
Painted out of History
The abdication crisis of 1937 forced a royalist magazine to present a different face to the world, as Luci Gosling reports.
How Long Before the Sunset ? British attitudes to war, 1871-1914
Rowena Hammal examines the fears and insecurities, as well as the bombast and jingoism, in British thinking.
The Career of A.J. Balfour
Graham Goodlad reviews the career of A.J. Balfour, an unsuccessful Prime Minister and party leader but an important and long-serving figure on the British political scene.
The General Election of 1915
Ian Garrett shows that well-informed counter-factual speculation can help us understand better the causes and consequences of what did happen.
Tea, Toilets & Typewriters: Women's Clubs in London
Frances Borzello seeks to explain the rise of women’s clubs in London before the First World War – and their equally swift demise.
Aldeburgh’s First Lady
On November 9th, 1908, Aldeburgh unanimously elected as their leader Mrs Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who became Britain’s first female mayor.
Joseph Chamberlain: 'the one who made the weather'
Graham Goodlad surveys the career of one of the most controversial figures in late Victorian and Edwardian politics.
The Edwardian Country House
Juliet Gardiner assesses the worth of ‘television history’ and pinpoints the value of ‘reality history’.