Something about Moscow: a new look at a great city – archive, 1959
‘People said it did in his career’: 33 pictures that defined British politicians
June 2023
From the Guardian archive
Profumo admits lie and resigns seat in parliament – archive, 1963
6 June 1963: The secretary of state for war admitted that he had lied to his wife, his cabinet colleagues, and the nation about an affair with a 19-year-old model
January 2023
Recollections may vary, but some events are unforgettable
Letters: Readers on their ability to recall political and historic moments from decades ago
September 2022
Secret of the Queen’s soft power – across seven decades and 15 prime ministers
Elizabeth II got on well with PMs of widely differing politics and backgrounds and played a key role in the background of British politics
August 2022
Wonder who Liz Truss will reward with a job or punish with exile? History can tell us
Tim Bale
William Keegan's in my view
This is not the 1970s. Tory pledges to cut taxes are absurd
William Keegan
October 2021
William Keegan's in my view
Suez taught us our future lay in Europe. So will Brexit
William Keegan
Britain’s two great self-inflicted crises of the postwar era point to a conclusion that voters may soon rediscover for themselves
May 2020
A cavalier Tory leader and a botched pandemic response? It must be 1957
Andy Beckett
Then, as now, a government responsible for a disaster tried to change the narrative. We shouldn’t let history repeat itself, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
December 2019
The Profumo affair … seen, at last, through the female gaze
Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies were dismissed as call girls in the 60s. A TV series now shows them as complex, vulnerable young women
November 2019
Adapt or die: how the Conservative party keeps power
The party has always evolved to try to cling on to power. But what may voters be getting this time?
July 2019
Winston Churchill ‘shocked’ by Downing Street restoration plan
Queen's message to the moon on show to mark 50 years since Apollo 11
April 2019
Observer special report
Love, hate … indifference: is US-UK relationship still special?
From Winston Churchill to Donald Trump’s state visit in June, the history of transatlantic ties has hinged on personalities as much as politics
February 2018
Hugh Gaitskell widow criticised Harold Macmillan in letter
Grieving Dora Gaitskell accused Tory PM of point-scoring on day of Labour leader’s memorial
December 2017
Christine Keeler obituary: the woman at the heart of the Profumo affair
Model and showgirl at the heart of the Profumo scandal that rocked 1960s Britain
September 2017
The fluid nature of political reputations
Letters: Norrie MacQueen says the reputations of former Labour leaders are being constantly revised; while Dick Muskett puts the record straight on Clement Attlee’s war record
July 2017
From the Guardian archive
Retiring cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin visits London – archive, 1961
14 July 1961: Prime minister Harold Macmillan attended a reception for the man hailed ‘Columbus of the space age’
May 2017
British prime ministers' views on housing - in their own words
Becky Tunstall
Think housing’s always been a major election issue? Harold Macmillan set high housebuilding targets, but later PMs’ views are more cavalier
April 2017
Baby boomers and the ‘live now, pay later’ consequences
Letters: Many of my generation must have voted for Thatcher, Cameron and Brexit. The Tories should not have survived the 19th century, let alone the 20th
