Travel in Old Japan
Japan in the Age of the Shoguns was a dynamic place, full of colour, energy and movement. Here Lesley Downer takes us for a trip on its old roads
17th Century
A collection of 10 Posts
The Execution of King Charles I
Alice Hunt, the author of 'Republic', takes us back to a chilling moment in English political history
Early Modern Regime Change
Susan Doran examines the fault line between two of England's great dynasties: the Tudors and the Stuarts
Walking the Streets of London in the 1660s
Joad R. Wren explains how he found inspiration and truth in Ralph Agas's map of London
A Brief Atlas of the Lighthouses at the End of the World
Jose Luis González Macías on the wild beauty of lighthouses
On the Subject of Power and a Porkchop
Neil Blackmore introduces us to Francis Bacon, a politician in the court of King James I
The Battle of White Mountain and the Courage of a Queen
Nadine Akkerman presents a different portrayal of the widely misrepresented and underestimated Elizabeth Stuart
The Ruin of All Witches
Before Salem there was Springfield. Malcolm Gaskill reveals the dark, real-life folktale of witch-hunting in a remote Massachusetts plantation
The Strange Wrecking of the Gloucester
'Ship Detective' Nigel Pickford unravels a naval disaster during the Restoration