August 2012

Marc Morris explores why extensive castle-building was key to William the Conqueror’s subjugation of England

Sam Willis selects the 10 battles that have effected the biggest changes to the course of the nation Britain has competed at every modern Olympics, but that record came close to ending at the 1980 Moscow Games, as Kevin Jefferys explains

An archaeological find in Austria has raised questions concerning our ancestors’ dressing habits. Beatrix Nutz examines underwear, hygiene and social acceptance in the 15th and 16th centuries

With the women’s suffrage movement gaining momentum, the picture postcard industry was utilised to denigrate women fighting for the vote, as June Purvis explains