The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins In June 1780 the most destructive urban riots in English...
Lord Kelvin and the French 'F' Word: The Greatest Victorian Scientist? Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the...
The Hidden Face of British Gardening Gardening has been big business since the 17th century, but how can we measure its growth and economic importance?
International Criminal Tribunals: Experiments? Works in progress? Institutions that are here for good, or maybe not? In the last twenty years several international courts have been...
The Creeping Paralysis of Drought Water shortage is an increasingly common challenge to development in...
Houston, We Have a Problem: How the Fossil Fuel Industry is Risking Our Future and Your Pension When oil and gas industry leaders flew into Houston for...
Disease and Death in Late Stuart London A specialist in British and European History, Maureen Waller's books...