Social

Elisabeth Darby and Nicola Smith look at the impact of the death and funeral of Prince Albert, on both Queen Victoria and the nation.

Stuart Andrews shows how, in his person and in his writings, Tom Paine forms a link between the two great revolutions of the late eighteenth century - the American and the French.

Roger Opie begins our special feature on the work ethic, including a bibliography by Patrick Joyce

Chris Cook continues our special feature on the Work Ethic.

Daniel Bertaux presents an oral history of a traditional French industry.

Until 1883, the Football Association Cup was won every year by former public schoolboys. As Christopher Andrew shows here, at the Cup Final that May, a working-class team from Lancashire snatched the honours from the Old Etonians.

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, translated by Alan Sheridan

Francis Robinson explains how his perception of Islam is reflected in his book, Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500 (Phaidon, 1982).

F.M.L. Thompson looks at the public reception of the artist George Elgar Hicks.