Pirate or Patriot? The Strange Case of Captain Fryatt
Were the Germans justified in executing a British merchant captain for ramming a U-boat in March 1915? Phyllis Hall considers a curious episode from the First World War.
First World War
The Roots of Sarajevo: Austria-Hungary and Serbia, 1867-81
A small, far-away country, but one whose tangled relations with its neighbours, Ian Armour suggests, lead inexorably to the debacle of 1914.
Ernst Lissauer and the Hymn of Hate
One of history's little ironies - a period piece of First World War propaganda from a curious source which rebounded on its author.
A Patriot for Whom? Colonel Redl and a question of Identity
Alan Sked looks at the sensational leaking of Austrian military secrets to Russia on the eve of the First World War.
Britain and the Origins of the First World War
David French presents an overview of the historiography on the subject.
Scouting for Empire
If the British Empire were to be saved, it would take a renewal of Britain’s youth. Robert Baden-Powell had the answer: self-reliance, patriotism and the Boy Scouts.
Reading History: The First World War
Hew Strachan reviews historians' approaches to the Great War.
The Daylight Savings Time Movement
Daylight saving was a logical policy to manipulate the fruits of nature. Yet, as Oliver B. Pollak explains, it was opposed by farmers, trivialised by politicians, and not adopted until the First World War made it imperative to national survival.