A good knowledge of history is essential if we are to understand how words such as liberty and democracy are understood.

Edmund Burke warned that the French Revolution could have a devastating effect on British and European culture.

Jaikie has just graduated from Cambridge, and Alison wants to know what he has gained from his experience.

A. A. Milne analyses the popularity of golf, and decides that it’s good to be bad.

Samuel Smiles warns us against pursuing popularity for its own sake, saying that it is a kind of cowardice.

John Buchan warned that the great figures of history are often beyond their biographers’ comprehension.