The Rights of France
Since the late 19th century, French politics has provided a testing ground for right-wing populism.
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The Foundations of Liberia
Supported by both slaveholders and abolitionists for different reasons, the founding of Liberia is a history of the near impossible. Perhaps its greatest feat was survival.
Divided Loyalties in the Medieval World
To whom should one pledge fealty? Lord, king, brother or nation?
The End of British Communism
It was not the Nazi-Soviet Pact, but the ‘Party line’, which brought an end to the era of ‘fellow travellers’, 80 years ago.
A Second British Revolution
Over the last 30 years, the UK’s political class has swapped ideology for values and sleepwalked into major constitutional and political change. What can it learn from the last time it faced a crisis of such magnitude?
Building the Roman Republic
The little-known republic was a short-lived experiment in constitutional democracy.
Man for a Crisis
A remarkable political career suggests that social mobility is of benefit to us all.
Grand Old Scandal
A 19th-century tale of sex, royalty and corruption which inspired scores of satirists and even the makers of curiosity mugs.
A Usable Past
Commemoration of Peterloo remembers the dead, but also promotes future democratic change.
A Liberal History
Liberalism became the dominant ideology of the West when it was adopted by Britain and the United States. But its roots lie elsewhere.