1. Presidential address. Material turns in British history: II. Corruption: Imperial power, princely politics and gifts gone rogue Margot C. Finn; 2. Colouring outside the lines: Methods for a global history of Eastern Eurasia, 600–1350 Naomi Standen; 3. Saladin's 'spin doctors' Carole Hillenbrand; 4. Musicalising history Matthew S. Champion and Miranda Stanyon; 5. Love, care and the illegitimate child in eighteenth-century Scotland Katie Barclay; 6. Proportionate maiming: the origins of Thomas Jefferson's provision for facial disfigurement in Bill 64 Emily Cock; 7. Mary Williamson's letter, or, seeing women and sisters in the archives of Atlantic slavery Diana Paton; 8. Death and the modern Empire: the 1918–19 Influenza epidemic in India David Arnold; 9. The self and self-help: women pursuing autonomy in post-war Britain Lynn Abrams; 10. The politics of time and state identity in the German Democratic Republic Marcus Colla; 11. Time and distance: reflections on local and global history from East Africa Richard Reid; 12. Politicising Chernobyl: Wales and nuclear power during the 1980s Seán Aeron Martin and Mari Elin Wiliam; 13. How natural is natural? Historical perspectives on wildlife and the environment in Britain Tom Williamson.