Heroic Failure and the British: An extract
Stephanie Barczewski’s new book Heroic Failure and the British, offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing…
British History
The Anglo-Saxon World: Kings and Early Christianity
Understanding the development of religion in the Anglo-Saxon world is pivotal to understanding the rest of this ancient…
The Battle of Britain: The Battle Won
‘How did the British achieve this victory? Statistics can often illustrate the decline of one side as against…
The Battle of Agincourt: Shakespeare
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…
The Battle of Agincourt: The Longbow
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…
The Battle of Trafalgar: A Great Victory?
James Davey, author of the new book In Nelson’s Wake and curator of the National Maritime Museum, reexamines…
The Battle of Agincourt: Chivalry
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…
Bringing Modern Architecture to Oxford
By Elain Harwood, author of Space, Hope and Brutalism — It’s very easy to take England’s universities for…
The Battle of Britain: The Crisis
‘On 1 August Hitler issued Führer Directive No. 17 … The RAF must be eliminated as well as its…
Space, Hope & Brutalism: A Conversation with Elain Harwood
Many of us in Britain are familiar with the uncompromising Brutalist architecture that can be found throughout the…
The People’s Galleries: South Kensington Museum – The V&A
Giles Waterfield’s The People’s Galleries is a wide-ranging examination of the phenomenon of the art museum in Britain, from its early…
The People’s Galleries: Birmingham City Art Gallery
Giles Waterfield’s The People’s Galleries is a wide-ranging examination of the phenomenon of the art museum in Britain, from its early…
The Battle of Britain: Overture
‘Germany had every reason to be confident of victory in the ensuing battle.’ On 15 September 1940 Britain came…
Wellington after Waterloo – An Article by Rory Muir
Wellington after Waterloo by Rory Muir The Duke of Wellington felt far from triumphant after defeating Napoleon at…
The People’s Galleries: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Giles Waterfield’s The People’s Galleries is a wide-ranging examination of the phenomenon of the art museum in Britain, from its early…