Political

Lord George Gordon was born on December 26th, 1751.

In 1945 Tito wrote. ‘We mean to make Yugoslavia both democratic and independent’. How was this possible, asks Basil Davidson, for a war-torn Communist country in a world of super-powers?

Roy Porter opens our new series on Picturing History, based on a series of lectures organised in conjunction with Reaktion Books, and shows how 18th-century images of the medical profession flow over into the work of political caricaturists.

Charles Saumarez Smith, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, reflects on some of the issues raised by the exhibition 'Painted Ladies: Women at the Court of Charles II'.

The election on 25 October 1951 marked the end of six years of Labour government. 

Churchill became PM for a second time on October 26th, 1951, only a month away from his 77th birthday.

Julian Reed-Purvis investigates Stalin's role in the origins of the great purges.

David McKinnon-Bell assesses the degree to which Philip II's policies were motivated by religious zeal.

Paul Adelman explains a major turning point in modern British history.

Peter Neville surveys the growth of republicanism in Ireland to the present day.