Dutch War on 16 August 1652, when General-at-Sea George Ayscue of the Commonwealth of England confronted Vice-Commodore ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Matthew J. Smith, director of the Center for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London, about the commonwealth's complicated history. The ...

Robert Barnes has received funding from the Scouloudi Historical Awards: Research Awards. Robert Barnes is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Brexit inevitably means Britain will have to make ...