History
What do detective novels tell us about the period in which they were written?
Professor Jeremy Black sifts through the evidence with Graham Stewart
Ignorance on the Cam
The latest issue of University of Cambridge’s Alumni Magazine encourages ignorant rejection of Britain’s past
The nation’s favourite: why Coronation Street matters
As Coronation Street celebrates its diamond jubilee, is it time to take it seriously as the chronicler of our times?
The lives of philosophers
British philosophy has become much more interesting, but they just don’t make philosophers like they used to
Mapping the past
The new edition of Tom Harper’s ‘Atlas: A World of Maps’ is an instructive as well as attractive volume
The danger of rewriting history
There is a concerted attempt to reconstruct what children are taught about their history
How the Second World War was mapped
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about a vital factor in wartime production that military history often overlooks
The BBC’s worst mistake
A separate channel dedicated to British sport could have saved the BBC
The freedom to achieve freedom
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
Get stuck into mudlarking
Searching for treasure on the Thames foreshore is like “a giant history lucky dip”