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Why Did Europe’s Economies Diverge from Asia?

The levels of income in parts of China and India...

The Last Stuarts and the Death of the Royal Powerhouse

In his short reign James II built a surprising amount...

Vision and the Artist

Visual disorders affect the way we see, and therefore would...

The Making of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

Illuminated manuscripts are some of the most beautiful artefacts to...

Anglo-American relations: Where we are, and how we got there

London Fog and the Impressionists

A detailed account of London Fog and its various artistic representations by Dr Christine Corton

Phiz, Dickens and London

Valerie Browne Lester brought Hablot Knight Browne ('Phiz') to life...

‘They live by Trade’: Britain’s global trade in the Great Days of Sail

Britain's history has been shaped by its relationship with the...

The Londonderry Plantation from 1641 until the Disengagement at the end of the Nineteenth Century

The events that led to the Londonderry Plantation had momentous...

The Institutionalisation of the Arts in Early Victorian England

The Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture for the Public Understanding of...