The Mysterious Miss Charlesworth
Mark Bridgeman explores the story of one of Britain's great swindlers
Features
A collection of 11 Posts
D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four
Nineteen historians tell the story of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, in forty-four images
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
The Fire at the Houses of Parliament
In 1834 the home of British politics was destroyed on a dramatic autumnal night
The Disturbing Visions of Francis Galton
Gavin Evans, the author of 'White Supremacy' traces a racist ideology to its source
Stones of Empire
Catherine Fletcher reflects upon travellers' tales and political spaces as she follows Europe's Roman roads
Building the Statue of Liberty, c.1882
This image takes us inside the Parisian workshop where the famed Statue of Liberty was made.
A Blacksmith in Illinois
Bert Wikle was a member of the German-American Community in the early twentieth century
