The British Empire - Imperial Attitudes 1900-39
Robert Pearce looks at a turning point in the history of mentalities, when the way Britons perceived themselves and others changed forever.
Cultural
Christmas in 19th Century America
Before the mid-1800s many Americans did not dream of Christmas at all. Penne Restad tells how and why this changed – and played its role in uniting the US in social cohesion.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Modris Eksteins on how the Hollywood treatment of Erich von Remarque's book describing the Great War 'from the other side' impacted on a Europe traumatised by slaughter and fearful of its future repetition.
Culture Under the Great Dictators, 1930-45
Painting, sculpture, photography, poster art, architecture, pageant - all were used by the totalitarian regimes in the 1930s. We review a selection of the images from the Hayward Gallery exhibition.
The Battle for Art in the 1930s
David Elliott looks at how Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler used culture to their own ends and how the ramifications of this has continued to the present.
Futurism and Fascism
Italy's Futurists - led by Filippo Marinetti - exploded onto the European cultural scene during and after the Great War with all the garishness and fizz of some of their founder's anarchic recipes. But was the menu taken up by Mussolini and his Fascists? Richard Jensen investigates.
Ghana's Crumbling Heritage
Graham Norton looks at dilapidated forts and castles in West Africa
Beirut's past comes to life
Re-opening of the National Museum.
Madrid: City of The Enlightenment
Charles C. Noel illustrates how the remodelling of the Spanish capital reflected the new philosophical and cultural concerns of her rulers in the 'Age of Reason'.
The Culture of the English People
Study from the Iron Age to the Industrial era