Social

The leading Victorian radical and Liberal poltician John Bright was born on November 16th 1811.

Dorothy Sherindan, the Archivist of Mass-Observation at the University of Sussex, traces its development - and revival in the 1980s.

Fifty years ago a British film challenged widespread views on homosexuality and helped to change the law. Andrew Roberts looks at the enduring impact of Basil Dearden’s Victim.

There is nothing new or exceptional about the recent English riots and they will have little long-term impact, argues Tim Stanley.

Jez Ross corrects misunderstandings about the origins and significance of disturbances in 1549.

Chris Corin ressurects the life of a Soviet survivor whose remarkable and significant career deserves to be better known.

Andrew Boxer demonstrates the ways in which external events affected the struggles of African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s.

Ben Sandell examines the origins, influence and significance of a group of often misunderstood radicals.

Richard Wilkinson finds much to enjoy in the opening volumes of a comprehensive new series on British social history.

Robert Pearce has been pleasantly surprised at the quality of a new textbook.

Benjamin Zachariah helps to debunk the romantic 'Legend of the Mahatma'.

Lindsay Pollick reviews changing interpretations.

R. E. Foster sifts myth from reality in the life of the 'Lady with the Lamp', who died 100 years ago.