Political

David L Smith explains why Cromwell so signally failed to establish harmony with his Parliaments.

Roman Golicz looks at English attitudes to Russia during the Eastern Crisis of 1870-78.

John Cookson asks what might have happened had Napoleon actually landed on British soil in 1803-5.

Antony Lockley examines the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and the propaganda battle between the Bolshevik and British forces on the Archangel front.

Richard Cavendish describes James IV of Scots and Margaret Tudor's wedding on August 8th, 1503.

Bill Rolston describes the impact of an erstwhile slave, who toured the Emerald Isle speaking out against slavery in 1845.

Philip Mansel explores the City of the Sultans from 1453 onwards, and finds it characterised by a vibrant multi-culturalism until the Ottoman demise of 1922.

Susan Doran looks at what it meant to be a female monarch in a male world and how the Queen responded to the challenges.

Paul Dukes reviews a study of the Joint Services School for Linguists, set up during the Cold War to aid UK intelligence operations.