Economic History

John Matusiak examines whether a common interpretation can survive detailed scrutiny.

A late-Roman coin unearthed in an Oxfordshire field and on show in the Ashmolean Museum leads Llewelyn Morgan to ponder the misleading messages on the faces of coins.

Maxine Berg looks at the commercial battle to dominate Europe that ran alongside the wars with France, and the product revolution that gave Britain the edge in this field.

Anthony Fyson reads a letter from his great-grandfather, who as a young man was caught up in the Eureka Stockade, where gold-miners in Ballarat, Victoria, famously clashed with state troops, 150 years ago this month.

Steven King argues that government policy on pensions is returning to the principles and practice of the Old Poor Law.

Edward Falshaw completes his survey of questions on contemporary Britain.

Chris Wrigley reviews a book exploring the 250-year history of British trade unionism.

Daniel Snowman meets the historian of 18th-century British art, culture, commerce, consumption – and a sensational murder.

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

In the middle of the 19th century, Korea was isolated from the rest of the world and unknown. Many attempts were made to open it.