The Foundation of Sinn Fein
The organisation which would become the political arm of the Irish Republican Army was founded as a nationalist pressure group on November 28th, 1905.
Empire
David Livingstone Reaches the Victoria Falls
David Livingstone reached the Victoria Falls on November 17th, 1855.
Concession & Repression: British Rule in India 1857-1919
Robert Carr assesses the nature of British rule in India during a key, transitional phase.
Britain and Ireland 1798-1921: Changing the question or altering the answers?
Simon Lemieux shows how a synoptic approach enables us to appreciate the true nature of the Irish Question.
The Decline of the Ottoman Empire, c.1798-1913
Robert Johnson puts the decline of a once-great Empire into an international context.
Another Little Patch of Red
John MacKenzie suggests that imperial rule and the possession of empire were an essential component of British identity, life and culture for over 200 years from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.
La Route Des Abolitionnistes
Graham Gendall Norton travels in search of those who fought for the rights of all.
The End of The Roman Empire: Did it Collapse or Was it Transformed?
Bryan Ward-Perkins finds that archaeology offers unarguable evidence for an abrupt ending.
The British Seaborne Empire
John MacKenzie samples two new works on the maritime history of Britain.
Cromwell and the Conquest of Jamaica
James Robertson investigates the Lord Protector’s ambitious plans for war with Spain in the Caribbean.