Between 1654 and 1657, the the Tender of Union with Scotland and the Act of Settlement of Ireland were played... more

I am very pleased that Dirk Hoffman-Becking, of the History of the Germans podcast, has put together this episode about... more

Whether or not Cromwell knew about John Lambert's 'coup' of December 1653, by the end of the month England had... more

Contemporary poets found it difficult to deal with Cromwell, both before and after his death. Margaret Oakes talks about how... more

"Never man was highlier extolled, and never man baselier reported of and vilified” write Richard Baxter - a contemporary of... more

Nelson was a military genius and fierce patriot, idolised by his men and the British public - and held up... more

In 1649 the English parliament proudly declared that freedom had been restored and that King and Lords had been rejected.... more

In 1646, Charles secretly left Oxford, not sure whether to appeal to the English in London, or the Scots at... more

In his haste to expel the Rump which had failed so badly, Cromwell and the Army officers came up with... more

The promised land looked for so longingly by so many seemed in 1653 to be stubbornly remote. Legal reform blocked,... more