Political

Martin Pugh charts the Women's Movement's origins and growth 1850-1939.

Andrew Roberts defends Britain's war hero against his detractors, in our Longman/History Today Awards Lecture.

Christopher Ray argues that Hitler's high-profile plan for invading Britain was a blind: his main intention was to fool Stalin into believing he was safe.

Paul Doolan looks at the continuing controversy over Dutch 'police operations' post-1945 in Indonesia.

Susan Layton on how the Russians viewed the Chechens in their struggle for autonomy - in the 1840s as well as the 1990s.

Greg Walker challenges the view that court intrigue, favourites, 'new men' and new manners took root under the Tudor monarch.

The contribution of the witnesses from the Battle of Algiers to the debate on contemporary history.

Lev Razgon's unique and chilling encounter with one of Stalin's mass murderers.

Brian Winston casts a critical eye over Leni Riefenstahl's cinematic paean to Nazi aesthetics.

Dan Leab looks at a classic Cold War movie and the shadowy figure who inspired it.