The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins In June 1780 the most destructive urban riots in English...
The Phantom Cup that Comes and Goes: The Story of the Holy Grail The Holy Grail conjures up images of a romantic and...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
The History of British Cartoons and Caricature Political, satirical, comic and incendiary: from Hogarth's images of London...
From Hilbert's problems to the future In 1900 the German mathematician David Hilbert presented the mathematical...
Great Britain and the other imperial powers: Conflict over China During the nineteenth century, Great Britain fought two wars, the...