As is inevitable for a man who managed both the V-2 program for the Nazi regime and the Saturn V rocket development program for NASA, Wernher von Braun remains a controversial figure. As well as appearing as a character in Thomas Pynchon’s 70s classic...
M. L. Connelly’s new article now published online explores the connection between the army, the press and the Unionist party during the so-called ‘Curragh incident’ of March 1914 in which certain army officers expressed their unwillingness to impose...
The rebellion against Charles I that began in Scotland in 1637 became the catalyst for a series of wars that spanned his British dominions. Laura Stewart’s article shows how the civil wars of the mid seventeenth century created the conditions for a fiscal...
Two prize-winning articles have now been published online in Historical Research’s Early View issue:2009 Pollard Prize runner up ‘Before the Cultural Cold War: American philanthropy and cultural diplomacy in the inter-war years’ by Katharina...
The England’s Past for Everyone is a local history project run by the Victoria County History. Volunteers throughout the country have worked alongside authors and researchers to produce a whole range of new resources.The project is now almost complete, and as well as...
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...
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