Political

Mr. Gladstone's Last Cabinet

The memories of Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, of the political crisis that Gladstone's final resignation caused at the heart of the British government in 1894.

George II and Handel

Alan Yorke-Long documents the beginnings of Georgian England's affair with the music of the Hanoverian composer.

The Leviathian

Maurice Cranston assesses the background and impact to Thomas Hobbes' masterwork of religious and political philosophy.

Cromwell at Worcester

Keith Feiling suggests that the Battle of Worcester holds central importance, not only in the unique character of the Lord Protector, but for the history of Britain itself.