The Road to Equality
The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was not the great step forward it is sometimes purported to be.
Britain
Welcome to Dottyville
The Hydra, a magazine produced by shell shock patients, was pioneering as a mental health care treatment.
The Tolpuddle Martyrs
Few episodes in the history of the British Labour movement have been as mythologised as that in which six Dorset farm labourers were shipped to Australia for their trade union activities.
The Nation on its Honour
Volunteer rationing in the First World War depended on patriotism, but that could only go so far.
The World According to Churchill
Churchill’s vision of Britain’s role in the world may provide the key to Brexit.
Boris Johnson's Abuse of Churchill
In using Churchill to justify his Brexit campaign, Boris Johnson 'paints a barbarically simplified and ill-informed picture of what Churchill stood for'.
The 'Dark Ages': The Tintagel Problem
In the debate over the term 'Dark Ages' the importance of Tintagel in early medieval Britain should not be forgotten.
Secrets Made Public
Andrew Lycett uncovers the intriguing, labyrinthine paths to publication of the histories of MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the Special Operations Executive.
Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Britain
We may know it when we see it, but corruption is not a fixed concept. Mark Knights explains how 300 years of scandal have forged perceptions of what is – and what is not – corrupt.
Is it British to Weep?
The reputation of Britons as a people who tightly control their emotions in the face of adversity is not necessarily a deserved one, argues Thomas Dixon.