The changing role of woman in 20th-century Britain
Perhaps the most dramatic improvement in Britain’s way of life in the 20th century was the change in the place...
07/03/2014
HISTORY
The little Ice Age
From about 1550 the climate again grew colder with the intensification of what is known as “The Little Ice Age”...
17/02/2014
Bear River massacre in 1863
Four miles north of Preston, Idaho, the Bear River quietly ambles through green valleys and sagebrush covered mountains, the Shoshone...
29/01/2014
Coffee-houses in 17th century England
Coffee was one of the fancy new comestibles introduced to England in Stuart times. The first coffee-house was opened in...
26/01/2014
Inside the Third Reich
For German families living under the threat of mass bombing, many experiences of everyday living were similar to those known...
15/01/2014
Napoleon: Saint, Sinner or Both?
Seventy years ago, interned by the Germans in Buchenwald concentration camp, the Dutch professor Peter Geyl tried out on the...
13/01/2014
History of the game: “Tennis balls, my liege”
The insulting ‘treasure’ that France’s Dauphin sent to Henry V in Shakespeare’s play had long since played its part in...
07/01/2014
Book review: July 1914: Countdown to War by Sean McMeekin
Author: Sean McMeekin Publisher: Icon Books Reviewed by: Nigel Jones Price (RRP): £25 There are two conflicting schools of thought...
06/01/2014
Reform in England, 1820-1850
The years immediately following the peace settlement of 1815 are known as the restoration era. However, it was impossible to...
13/12/2013
London homes in Shakespeare’s time
Thanks to decades of peace, English houses are no longer made for defence but for comfort. The newly rich may...
09/12/2013