Political

Richard Cavendish explains how Archbishop Scrope and Thomas Mowbray were executed on June 8th, 1405.

Stuart Burch considers the significance to Norway – both in terms of the past and the present – of the anniversary of 1905, when the country at last won its independence from Sweden.

The Roman emperor abdicated on May 1st, 305.

Mihir Bose investigates the case of Subhas Chandra Bose in Bengal in 1924 to show what can happen when a government is able to lock people up on the suspicion of terrorism.

Sean Cunningham highlights the importance of 'rule by recognisance' in the reign of the first Tudor monarch.

Graham Goodlad surveys the career of one of the most controversial figures in late Victorian and Edwardian politics.

Robert Pearce argues that we should get better acquainted with the 'unknown prime minister'.

Anne Kershen looks at the background to a significant benchmark in British anti-immigration legislation.

Godfrey Hodgson tells the colourful story of Jane McManus, political journalist, land speculator, pioneer settler in Texas and propagandist who believed that the United States had a ‘manifest destiny’ to rule Mexico and the Caribbean.

Tim Benson, founder of the Political Cartoon Society, introduces his ten favourite cartoons published in Britain.