Cultural

Edward Falshaw advises how our study of this important period can match the examiners’ agenda.

Angela McShane Jones asks what depictions in broadsides of Mary II with her breasts exposed, tell us about 17th-century popular attitudes to royalty.

David Lowenthal explores natural history enthusiasms among Victorian Britons and Americans, and finds an explanation for their differing approaches to conservation.

Merle Ricklefs seeks clues for the future of the troubled archipelago nation in its distant past.

Colin Cook looks at the political, philosophical and cultural impact of the idea of aviation in the first half of the 20th century.

David Johnson describes the infamous Marriage Act of 1753, which made marriage a tightly-regulated institution governed by church and state.

Bernard Porter points out similarities and contrasts between terrorism then and now.

Graham Goodlad asks if the media did more to support or to challenge politicians during the last century.

F.G. Stapleton examines the role played by the armed forces in the government of the Second Reich.