- A massive revolt against British rule shook India 150 years ago this month. Saul David and William Dalrymple recall an imperial crisis and its aftermath.
- Peter Parsons explains how an 1,800-year-old rubbish tip is revealing the secrets of daily life in Egypt under the Roman Empire.
- England and Scotland have now been politically united for 300 years. Eric Evans looks at how the Union has affected the two countries.
- Simon Sebag Montefiore tells Rob Attar about Stalin's revolutionary youth.