British History

The destruction of Britain’s probate records archive must be averted

Inflated Mau Mau death figures based on incorrect statistical projections have now become accepted as “fact”

A fine tribute to an industrious architectural eccentric

Here is to the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

As the guns of the Western Front fell silent, Britain fought a quiet but decisive war alongside Estonia to check Soviet expansion

It is hardly a surprise that most Britons have not heard of Quintus Lollius Urbicus

Could a progressive historian really write in praise of African slave-traders?

The new Lord Chief Justice inherits a role with a rich and varied history

There was a time when the Labour conference really mattered, before it became a stage-managed platform for social media hits and soundbites

The early medieval period really was “dark” both in terms of the historical record and in contrast to the sophistication of Rome