History Today's blog has a good story today about London's best museum, the Soane Museum, which has managed to buy back a mourning ring containing a plaited lock of Napoleon's hair, which used to belong to Sir John Soane. Soane was apparently...

by James Graham The Russian Empire at the turn of the twentieth century was governed by an ancient autocratic system. By the time Alexander III was crowned to head of the system, Russia had lost its position as a great power and could only regain it...

by James Graham Black power in many ways signified everything non-violence was not, racial hatred, violence and extreme self-reliance. However the two approaches did have many similarities in their long-term objectives. Both demanded complete equality...

It is becoming fashionable to prefer stability to democracy. The oppressed will never forgive us for such world-weariness Not so long ago I was at a supper party about which I can give no other details than that the Cuban Ambassador and a well-known...

by James Graham To achieve Kleindeutsch under Prussian control Bismarck had to defeat Austria. Bismarck once decided on a war with Austria set about trying to isolate her. Russia was already hostile with Austria, Britain was overjoyed at the thought...