The V&A’s new exhibition demonstrates that a handbag is indeed much more than its function

Professor Jeremy Black sifts through the evidence with Graham Stewart

The latest issue of University of Cambridge’s Alumni Magazine encourages ignorant rejection of Britain’s past

As Coronation Street celebrates its diamond jubilee, is it time to take it seriously as the chronicler of our times?

British philosophy has become much more interesting, but they just don’t make philosophers like they used to

The new edition of Tom Harper’s ‘Atlas: A World of Maps’ is an instructive as well as attractive volume

There is a concerted attempt to reconstruct what children are taught about their history

Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about a vital factor in wartime production that military history often overlooks

A separate channel dedicated to British sport could have saved the BBC

The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed 99 years ago this week. As Brexit talks enter the last lap, Nigel Jones argues that the Treaty could offer a model to follow