Series

The history makers

Might Boris change the course of history like these figures did?

  • Share:
Former PM Winston Churchill faces the Houses of Parliament. Credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

The roots of our Brexit divisions

BY Diane Purkiss / 8 mins

Boudica is firing up a new generation

BY Bidisha / 6 mins

How our first Asian MP shaped the Brexit debate

BY Ian Birrell / 5 mins

The first Englishman to change the world

BY Robert Tombs / 4 mins

The PM we shouldn’t write off

BY Tim Bale / 5 mins

How ‘The Favourite’ failed Queen Anne

BY Polly Mackenzie / 5 mins

Why did we forget the father of science?

BY Peter Franklin / 6 mins