Political

The d'Artagnan du Crayon fearlessly lampooned the French rulers of his day in a series of masterly caricatures that would later inspire the creators of Spitting Image and many others.

R. E. Foster examines the career of Pitt the Younger.

John Etty questions whether Serb nationalism was an irresistible force that helped unleash the First World War.

Hannes Kleineke examines the career of the first Yorkist king.

In 1947, as Zionist insurgents wreaked havoc, British special forces in Palestine adopted counterinsurgency tactics that attracted worldwide condemnation. David Cesarani discusses a scandal whose ramifications persist to this day.

Richard Cavendish remembers Israel's own Iron Lady, who became Prime Minister on March 17th 1969

As a major conference on the nature of liberty opens, David Marquand questions the free and democratic legacy that British history has bequeathed to the country and citizens of today.

Michael Dunne reflects on past US presidential Inaugurals, and the words which still resonate.