Matt Bates

In recent years it has become fashionable to tell a certain kind of story about Britain. At its least offensive, this story emphasises the worst…

After the calamity of the Great War, there was a desire in Britain for escapist fun - the lights of the Jazz Age, radio comedies…

Many people and countries now claim that the West should pay reparations to its former colonies for the economic damages they say they caused. To…

* THE NEW FIENDISHLY CLEVER MYSTERY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SMASH-HIT BESTSELLER THE APPEAL * 'Brims with Hallett's signature wit. Her best book yet'…

Guilty: the conclusion of many trials. But this verdict was unusual, delivered by a jury comprising of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Jean-Paul…

A queen's death and a king's coronation. Rising mass media and declining public morals. Splits in all the major political parties and a new wave…

Geography is Destiny tells the history of Britain and its changing relationships with Europe and the wider world, from its physical separation at the end…