Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforms to divorce law inevitably prompt moral panic as they did in Victorian England.
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A Few Bad Apples
Brutality, corruption and abuses of power in the Metropolitan Police at the turn of the 20th century led to an inquiry – but no reform.
Thomas Carlyle and the London Library
Michael Foot celebrates the anniversary of the London Library with a tribute to its founder, Thomas Carlyle.
The French Connection
The aim of Charles I’s foreign policy was to restore his nephew’s lands in the Rhineland. France, he thought, was the key to success.
Lords in the Light
The House of Lords, often in the shadow of the Commons, asserted its power during the reigns of James I and his son, Charles I.
Captain Kidd: Privateer, Pirate and Agent of Empire?
The trial of Captain William Kidd raised uncomfortable questions for the state about the pirate’s role in the consolidation of England’s early overseas empir