Social

Robin Briggs believes some historians produce more fantasies than the witches they study.

Gerd Horten on how 'soaps' helped win the war after Pearl Harbor.

An insight into how Belgium has used lottery funds to bring medieval status back to life.

What did ordinary people in Nazi-controlled Austria really think about their native-born Führer, Adolf Hitler? Tim Kirk opens a window on a unique record of public opinion – a Gestapo equivalent of 'Mass Observation' in 30s Britain.

Diana Webb looks into the pleasures and pitfalls of an early tourist experience.

Richard Evans looks at the social and intellectual pressures that forced Germany to rethink how and why it punished wrongdoers.

Frank McDonough looks at the old question of whether history is made by great individuals or impersonal forces.

Robert Pearce looks at a turning point in the history of mentalities, when the way Britons perceived themselves and others changed forever.

Since the 1860s Women's History has sought to recapture the experiences of a previously submerged half of the population. Sarah Newman looks to the feminist struggle to overcome prejudice and win the most basic right of all.