Deadly riots break out in london

Women hurled rotten vegetables and the contents of chamber pots from upstairs windows. Paving stones were prised loose to block the roads, while an overturned builder’s lorry became a barricade. Child

Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with

Controversy of the week A free-speech martyr? Connolly: ...

A ‘broken’ asylum system and a growing anti-immigration backlash has been the defining hot topic of the summer and an ongoing headache for the government while MPs have been on recess. Immigration and

When gossip and rumour led to the trial of two Prussian pastors

In mid-October 1871, a message was cabled from New York City to Franz Liszt in Europe. In itself, this was nothing unusual. Nearing 60 years old, the Hungarian composer and pianist had long been a glo