Following the death of Tony Benn, who was universally revered, Stephen Fulham looks at the cultural phenomenon that is the death of great statesmen and women.
Your country needs you
While advertising originally evolved to answer the needs of industry, it is now a key element of the political world too. Thom Iddon looks at how political leaders have used advertising.
In defence of history
Michael Gove has recently suggested that the revisionist critiques of the First World War amount to no more than ‘undergraduate cynicism’. Vivienne Delliou-Daly defends the study of history and explains why the inconvenient truths of history cannot be ignored.
Benefits Street: the demonisation of the working class
Already one of the most talked about pieces of television in recent years, Benefits Street has been accused of demonising the working classes. Ben Beach explores the history of working class derision, from the petty punishments of the middle ages to the slums of the industrial revolution and beyond.
Being good sports
Kathryn White looks at the disputed Olympics of the past, for example Nazi Germany, Munich and Moscow, analysing why sport and politics can collide so easily.