Political

As the second Elizabethan age closes in disillusionment, Penry Williams reconsiders whether the first deserved the same fate.

Christopher Ray queries the accepted pictures of a reluctant victim of forces beyond her control.  

John Horgan examines the attempts by the new Irish Free State government to disarm the IRA at the end of the civil war in 1923 and the way in which the issue of the IRA arms dumps rumbled on in Irish politics for the next ten years. 

January 30th, 1948

Michael Broers explores the measures and restrictions imposed by Napoleon on his many subjects and how, within the boundaries of the Empire, they responded to his rule.

The Spirit of the Age or The Scourge of Nations? Jeremy Black sets the scene for our major series on the impact of Napoleon on Europe.

Richard Wilkinson challenges the consensus of contempt for the Nazis' leading diplomat.

Derek Aldcroft argues that the statesmen of 1919 failed to act in the interests of Europe as a whole.

Murial Chamberlain argues that current conceptions of Britain's power in the Victorian era owe more to his media management than to his foreign policy.

David Parker defends a controversial term against its critics.