Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist

The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries

In the 17th century, disease drove social and urban change in England

During the English Civil War, towns were fiercely divided

The Reformation was a transformative moment in English urban history

The medieval English town was subject to fire, flood, plague — and revolution

Rebellious heroines and unscrupulous heroes

The development of English urbanisation

Three very sleepy men discuss the election result

We look at one of the election’s untold stories — the emergence of a revived SDP