King Henry VII and a Year of Great Peril for the Tudors
In 1497 Henry VII faced multiple threats to his throne. That summer his survival, and that of the House of Tudor, seemed very much in question
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A History of Intelligence with David Brydan
David Brydan, the author of Smart, explains how our ideas about human intelligence have changed over time
Mary Anne Clarke and the Duke of York Scandal (1809)
We look back at the story of the Duke of York Scandal of 1809 when Mary Anne Clarke and Colonel Wardle upended British politics.
New History Books for March 2026
From Silence to the Battle of Trafalgar, King Henry VII to Adolf Hitler
The Killing Age with Clifton Crais
One of the great terrors of the Enlightenment lay in the way it justified death as the cost of progress. Clifton Crais explains his view of 'the Killing Age'
The Murky World of Peter Rachman
Neil Root investigates the life and times of the notorious slum landlord
How I Discovered Kathleen Harriman's Wartime Letters
Geoffrey Roberts weighs the historical significance of the letters written by Kathleen Harriman during the Second World War
Mad Tom's Rising with Ian Breckon
The author Ian Breckon recalls one of the most peculiar revolts in English history
New History Books for February 2026
From the Samurais to the Fascists, Charlotte Brontë to Daniel Defoe
Gabriele Tadino Goes to Rhodes
Edoardo Albert pinpoints a critical moment in the contest between the Venetians, the Knights Hospitaller and the Ottomans
Victorian Recruiting Sergeants in Westminster (1877)
By the mid-Victorian Age people were beginning to look at recruiting sergeants with fresh eyes
Building Tower Bridge in London (1892)
At the end of the nineteenth century the gaunt arms of an engineering wonder stretched across the River Thames