The General Election, 1979 The 1979 election inaugurated the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, the...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...
Shanawdithit: A Woman at the End of the World Shanawdithit was a woman who bore witness to the death...
Dwight Eisenhower, President, 1953-1961 Eisenhower was elected on a programme of repudiating both Franklin...
Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...
Replanning London after the Second World War London was, during the Second World War, the largest and...
London’s Ecology - How clean is the Thames? Martin Attrill, Professor of Marine Ecology, Plymouth University. Next lecture...