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John Bull's Family Arises

The colourful cartoon development of British national symbols provides an acute barometer to changes in 18th- and 19th-century public opinion. By Peter Mellini and Roy. T. Matthews.

The Roots of Reform

Patrick Dillon identifies the mid-18th century as a watershed in ideas about reforming society.

Europe's Muslim Capital

Philip Mansel explores the City of the Sultans from 1453 onwards, and finds it characterised by a vibrant multi-culturalism until the Ottoman demise of 1922.

We Shall Overcome

Peter Ling analyses Martin Luther King's involvement with non-violent protest in the USA. 

The Medusa Shipwreck

British reaction to the French tragedy at sea immortalised in Géricault’s masterpiece The Raft of the Medusa.