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.
Politics
A collection of 18 Posts
Gabriele Tadino Goes to Rhodes
Edoardo Albert pinpoints a critical moment in the contest between the Venetians, the Knights Hospitaller and the Ottomans.
Operation Stopgap: The First Shot in America’s War on Drugs
David Tuch pinpoints the beginning of the US war on narcoterrorism
Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle with Richard Vinen
Richard Vinen tells us about his biographical study of 'the last titans'
How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One with Andrew Lambert
Andrew Lambert's new book explores an inspired century of statecraft
Victor Grayson, War, Trauma and Politics with Stephen May
Stephen May engages with one of the great mysteries in British political history
The Day President Kennedy Didn't Die
Brad Meltzer tells us about a failed assassination attempt that very nearly altered the course of history
The 1812 Constitution of Cádiz
Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart take us back to a revolutionary moment in European history
The Fire at the Houses of Parliament
In 1834 the home of British politics was destroyed on a dramatic autumnal night
Samuel Johnson and the Perils of Hope
On the anniversary of Johnson's birth, Peter Moore considers a subject that deeply engaged the great writer.