An American Tragedy
Thomas Doherty examines a series of conflicts between left-wing artists and movie moguls at the time of Sergei Eisenstein's brief sojourn in Tinseltown in the 1930s.
Cultural
The Search for John Tresilian, Master Smith to Edward IV
Jane Geddes investigates the remarkable ironwork of the gates of the tomb of Edward IV, and considers what they can tell us about 15th-century craft and culture.
Enrico Caruso’s Landmark Recordings
Catherine Roddam looks back at the first recordings of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.
The Rise and Fall of Empires
Harold Perkin discusses the role of the extraction and distribution of surplus production in historical change, from Ancient Egypt to the 21st century.
Popular Leisure and Industrialisation
Kenneth J. Baird examines change and continuity in 19th-century British social history.
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Class
A celebratory history which challenges cultural stereotypes and fashionable academic assumptions.
Slavery and the British
James Walvin reviews current ideas about the vast network of slavery that shaped British and world history for more than two centuries.
The Women's Library
On Feb 4, 2002, the Women's Library opens in an extraordinary new building in Aldgate East in London. The new library is a place for people to debate and explore what the future holds for women.
Science and Religion in the 19th Century
Francis Murphy challenges the idea that science was religion’s foremost enemy, in this winning essay in the 2001 Julia Wood Award.
The Radical Reformers
Russel Tarr asks key questions about the religious radicals of the 16th century.