The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins In June 1780 the most destructive urban riots in English...
The Hidden Face of British Gardening Gardening has been big business since the 17th century, but how can we measure its growth and economic importance?
International Criminal Tribunals: Experiments? Works in progress? Institutions that are here for good, or maybe not? In the last twenty years several international courts have been...
The World's Local Religion In the post-imperial age evangelical Christianity has become a genuinely...
The Plane Forest: Does the City have the Right Trees? The City of London actively seeks to make the most...
The Queen's Commonwealth: Monarchy and the End of Empire, 1945-2011 As Glasgow prepares to host the Commonwealth Games, Professor Philip...
Prison and Why We Send People There: Does it Work? Should it? ‘They deserve to be put away’; ‘Appeal the sentence –...
The Spanish Culture of Charles I's Court Heir to the throne Charles I made a secret trip to win the hand of a princess. For eight months he was the guest of the Spanish king in Madrid.