March 2012

Saul David argues that Britain’s rise to global dominance was thanks to the brilliance of its army.

Clare Downham considers how a 13th-century Cumbrian monk can help us understand how national allegiances were understood in medieval Britain.

James Kelly shows how a large number of Catholic women fled Protestant England to join European convents in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Ian Mortimer investigates the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the 16th century.

Patrick Bishop questions whether the five-year campaign to sink the Nazi warship Tirpitz was the best use of Allied resources.