Modern
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
- 1851 by Asa Briggs
- Podcast Series: The Women's Movement
- Podcast Series: Politics, Reform and War.
- Podcast Series: Religion in the UK
- The development of the Department of Health
- Admiral Lord Mountbatten
Europe
- Ending the French Revolution
- The spy who never spied
- The 1917 revolutions in 2017: 100 years on
- Verdun: the endless battle
- Radicalism and its Results, 1760-1837
- The long shadow of the Spanish Civil War