Birth of a New Age
From the changing understanding of democracy across the world to experiments in other forms of government and fundamental changes in social and sexual attitudes the modern world covering the period from the late eighteenth century to the present day presents our broadest range of resources. The range includes podcasts, articles and publications by academics and specialists from across the UK and the world. From Waterloo to the Opium Wars and from Alan Turing to the modern LGBT rights movement there’s plenty of history to explore. We also include fascinating pieces on gangster, cartoons and seaside piers! What the modern period does better than any other is allow us to delve into a rich variety of records from government dossiers to personal recollections. Read more
Britain & Ireland
- David Olusoga's Medlicott lecture 2022
- Harriet Kettle, Victorian rebel
- Real Lives: Rebecca West
- Film: “The Talk Should Not Be Broadcast”: Homosexuality and the BBC before 1967
- Real Lives: Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
- The last days of Lord Londonderry
Europe
- After the revolution: did Cromwell, Washington and Bonaparte betray revolutionary principles?
- From Lithuania to Lancashire: life and death in the pursuit of freedom
- How Sweden almost became a nuclear-armed state – and why it didn’t
- My Favourite History Place: The Musée Carnavalet, Paris
- Out and About in Stockholm
- Film: Why has Monarchy survived in Europe?
World
- David Olusoga's Medlicott lecture 2022
- After the revolution: did Cromwell, Washington and Bonaparte betray revolutionary principles?
- Flight from Kabul: a historical perspective
- Film: Why does the massacre of the Armenians in the First World War still get overlooked?
- Film: History, Politics and Journalism
- The cultural biography of opium in China