The emergence of material culture as a subject for historical enquiry has brought to the fore the question of what constitute ‘proper’ sources for ‘proper’ history. Amanda Vickery’s new book Behind Closed Doors. At Home in Georgian...
The winner of the 2009 Sir John Neale prize in Tudor history was Jessica Sharkey with ‘Between king and pope: Thomas Wolsey and the Knight mission’. This article, now published online, examines an attempt by Henry VIII to take charge of proceedings...
From the 1940s Britain entered the age of intensive national economic management. This involved ‘managing the people’ as well as the deployment of new policy instruments, making it necessary to present economic arguments in a way which would win over a...
The May issue of Historical Research (vol. 83, no. 220) is now available online and in print. Topics include Elizabethan spies, the Royal Navy in Vietnam, Victorian spin doctors and the truth behind Cromwell’s nomination of his eldest son as his successor. See full...
From the end of the Second World War to its quiet abandonment in 1968 Britain operated a policy of civil defence, which sought to plan for both continuity of government and the survival of the British public in the event of a nuclear strike.A new book by Matthew Grant...
The Pollard Prize is awarded annually for the best paper presented at an Institute of Historical Research seminar by a postgraduate student or by a researcher within one year of completing the PhD. As part of the prize the winning article is published in the...
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