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Christopher Ray queries the accepted pictures of a reluctant victim of forces beyond her control.  

Charles Esdaile explores grass roots opposition to Napoleonic rule, the forms it took and how the empire fought back.

Michael Broers explores the measures and restrictions imposed by Napoleon on his many subjects and how, within the boundaries of the Empire, they responded to his rule.

Mariya Sevela gathers oral recollections from the people of Karafuto, a Japanese colony on the island of Sakhalin from 1905 until the arrival of the Soviet army forty years later.

Gareth Affleck identifies the points to discuss.

David Bates examines a Tudor Christmas Fare at Hampton Court Palace.

Marika Sherwood trawls contemporary reports of the anti-Catholic protests that rocked London in June 1780 to reveal the black men and women who took part, exploring their motives and punishments for doing so.

Janis Wilton records the stories of 19th-century Chinese immigrants and their descendants, and explores their relationship with ‘White Australia’.

Gavin Weightman finds historical precedents for Britain’s response to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

The Soviet Union is now history but what do the ordinary people who lived through its last decades remember about it and what verdict do they give? Per Manson presents an intriguing insight.