Chamberlain - Guilty Man or National Saviour?
Frank McDonough reviews the debate over Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy.
Political
Henry VIII and his Ministers
John Guy doubts whether policy was ever imposed on the most wilful of kings.
Robert Peel - Statesman or Turncoat?
He marketed himself as a man of principle - a public image of which David Eastwood exposes the inaccuracy.
A Model Prince? Maharana Bhavani Singh and the End of India's States
John McLeod presents a study from the last days of the Raj of an Indian ruler who defied the stereotype of princely extravagance and self-indulgence.
An American Coup d'Etat?
Did America's far right plot against Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal - only to be foiled by a retired Marine Corps general? Clayton Cramer lifts the lid on an intriguing but little-known tale.
The Battle for Art in the 1930s
David Elliott looks at how Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler used culture to their own ends and how the ramifications of this has continued to the present.
Futurism and Fascism
Italy's Futurists - led by Filippo Marinetti - exploded onto the European cultural scene during and after the Great War with all the garishness and fizz of some of their founder's anarchic recipes. But was the menu taken up by Mussolini and his Fascists? Richard Jensen investigates.
Henry VII: Out of the Shadows?
We eavesdrop on Ian Dawson as he interrogates the sources and wonders whether the first Tudor was really so mysterious.
Who Voted For Hitler?
David Welch attributes the Nazi leader's electoral success to much more than slick propaganda.
Richelieu
Richard Wilkinson wonders why historians have accepted the Cardinal's extravagant assessment of himself.